Ignore the net zero sceptics - the UK needs a national conversation on climate action and resilience

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Look at the climate impacts we are seeing and tell me with a straight face we don't need to act now, says CLG UK co-chair and Anglian Water CEO Peter Simpson

No one reading this piece will be insensitive to the growing cost-of-living challenge facing millions of people across the UK. Clearly, it's crucial that those who are struggling to make ends meet are...

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