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E3G's Tome Burke argues the coalition's interventionist Energy Act will represent an almighty headache for the next government

Louis XV's mordant phrase aptly captures the legacy of the coalition government's electricity policy. The new government, whatever its composition, will inherit a policy that achieved a rare feat. It united...

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