Vote on landmark Climate and Nature Bill deferred after last-minute deal

Michael Holder
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Lib Dem MP spearheading wide-ranging private members' bill agrees to pull Parliamentary vote, following promise of further talks with government over its green policy agenda

A Parliamentary vote over a landmark bill backed by hundreds of MPs that seeks to deliver a sweeping set of measures to beef up the UK's response to the climate and nature crises has been pulled at the...

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