Liz Truss named UK Prime Minister: The green economy reacts

BusinessGreen staff
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Green business figures, politicians, think tanks, experts and more react to news that Britain has a new PM

Liz Truss has been named as UK's new Prime Minister today, having comfortably defeated her rival Rishi Sunak in this summer's Conservative Party leadership election. More than 172,000 votes were cast...

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