The Autumn Statement needs to drive radical reform of the electricity grid

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The government must enact policies that usher a decade of electrification, writes the Tony Blair Institute's Tone Langengen

This summer the Prime Minister announced a new approach to net zero, shifting focus from bans and targets to the underlying enablers of delivery. For this to work the government will need to address the...

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