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This news article reports on the announcement by Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch that the party would repeal the UK’s Climate Change Act if the party won the next General Election. The article includes quotes from Bob Ward who disputes the claim that keeping the country dependent on fossil fuels would be good for economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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