Labour's clean energy mission must go beyond power generation

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Cross-departmental action on climate change should be a priority for the next government, with buildings and transport set to be the next 'problem-child' sectors, writes Richard Hebditch

This election is the eighth of my working life. In each and every one of them I've been one of those people. Obsessing over what's in manifestos, marking parties up if they do the things we like, warning...

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