A power company that has received £6bn in UK green subsidies has kept burning wood from some of the world’s most precious forests, the BBC has found.

Papers obtained by Panorama show Drax took timber from rare forests in Canada it had claimed were “no go areas”.

It comes as the government decides whether to give the firm’s Yorkshire site billions more in environmental subsidies funded by energy bill payers.

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    10 months ago

    Oh, he’ll be gone before it gets too bad. So no need to worry about Rishi.

    My money’s on California. House near the Beckhams and Prince Harry.