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What is Burnham’s GB Grid plan and could it bring down energy bills?

Proposed government-backed network body welcomed by some in sector but others call it just another quango Andy Burnham’s first address to the Labour party conference as prime minister addressed Britain’s rising energy costs and sluggish economic growth with plans for a new…

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