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Evening Standard
Politics
David Lynch

No 10 confident Chinese slave labour ban will not impact clean power 2030 plans

File photo dated 3/7/2015 of solar panels at Kencot solar farm in Lechlade. Ed Miliband is expected to introduce measures aimed at preventing a state-owned energy company from getting materials from Chinese slave labour. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Government is confident that preventing materials supplied by Chinese slave labour from entering the UK’s renewable sector will not slow down the race to clean power by 2030, Downing Street said.

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to introduce an amendment to the Great British Energy Bill to force the new publicly-owned company to stop using parts for solar panels linked to Chinese slave labour.

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