07 Aug '12, 11am

Clegg and Davey launch Team GB bid to woo renewable energy investors to the UK: Britain’s Coalition Government l...

In a bid to woo new large institutional investors to the country, the UK’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Energy Secretary Ed Davey teamed up to insist the country’s Coalition Government is not “riddled with debate and division" with regard to greening the economy. “This Coalition Government is unreservedly committed to helping our low carbon sector thrive - no ifs; no buts,” Clegg told delegates at the Global Business Summit on Energy , organised to coincide with the London Olympics. “When we say we want green growth, that is not flimsy, political rhetoric: It is a very real aim, driven by very real economic needs.” He stressed: “I think it's important to put that up in lights.” Clegg, who is also the leader of the Liberal Democrat party, was adamant that media reports portraying the Coalition “as if it is riddled with debate and division with regard to greening the...

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