Net zero skills gap: Environment Audit Commitee calls for clarity over government's green jobs plans

Cecilia Keating
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Net zero skills gap: Environment Audit Commitee calls for clarity over government's green jobs plans

MPs call for 'detailed, actionable delivery plan' to prepare the UK's workforce for the net zero transition

The government may have unveiled a target to support up to 440,000 green jobs by 2030 in its Net Zero Strategy last week, but it is yet to set out how it plans to meet those goals and prepare the UK's...

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