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Radio 4,28 Aug 2026,53 mins

Andy's Green In-Tray

Rare Earth

Available for 29 days

How will the environment be changed by an Andy Burnham government? As the new parliamentary session opens, Tom Heap and Helen Czerski leaf through the government in-tray to reveal the big decisions that will need to be taken on energy, transport and nature protection. Discussing the issues from Rosebank to wildfires are Sky News Economics Editor, Ed Conway, climate scientist Corrine Le Quéré from the University of East Anglia and Michael Jacobs, former Special Advisor on the environment to Prime Minster Gordon Brown. Producers: Ed Prendeville and Beth Sagar-Fenton

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