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This is a letter from Lord Deben, Chairman of the CCC to Rt Hon Rob Jenrick MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government about the decision of Cumbria County Council to grant planning permission to a new Cumbrian coal mine to 2049.

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