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Philip Box of the UK Green Building Council discusses the fallout from the latest changes in Westminster

Two months into the reign of Boris and we've had storms both inside and outside Downing Street. The PM has already begun spending his Christmas political capital at a rate of knots, clearly hoping he...

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