How Rory Stewart lifted the lid on Tory lobbying against environmental action

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The former Minister's excoriating book provides a depressing insight into how vested interest's opposition to environmental policies stymies effective policy development

Rory Stewart's recent best-selling book Politics on the Edge throws a piercing new light on the UK's dirty diesel scandal. Stewart reveals how as Defra minister he cornered Chancellor George Osborne to...

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