The Chancellor needs to lock in the UK's clean energy leadership

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The Chancellor needs to lock in the UK's clean energy leadership

With a new era international renewables underway, the government must act quickly to keep the UK at the front of the pack, writes Selaine Saxby MP

At the next election, the Conservative Party could stand in front of the electorate having delivered on the clean energy and climate ambitions of our manifesto, with fantastic consequences for the country....

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