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Danny Halpin

EXPLAINED: Hopes on claire coutinho to speed up net zero drive | Rare Historical Photos

PA Wire

Claire Coutinho has replaced Grant Shapps as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with campaigners hoping she can accelerate the green transition while opposition politicians bemoan the rapid turnover of ministers.

She will be the seventh energy secretary in the last four years as Grant Shapps takes up his new post as Defence Secretary, replacing Ben Wallace.

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