Oliver Letwin's green conference speech in full

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Yesterday, Oliver Letwin gave the Conservative Party Conference a strong indication that the coalition's low carbon agenda would survive the spending cuts - here is his speech in full

It's a real pleasure to be able to talk with Caroline and Greg - not about what we would do if we were in the government, but about what we are doing now we are in government. Of course, our government...

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