The Tory civil war over climate policy is heating up - and there is no peace deal in sight

James Murray
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The government's decarbonisation policies are under fire from those who think they are not ambitious enough – and those who want them ditched altogether

The long-running cold war between the green and climate sceptic wings of the Conservative Party is in danger of turning hot, after yet another weekend of hostile briefing and pointed criticism of the government's...

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