Labour: Green growth and nature targets take centre-stage in draft policy platform

Michael Holder
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Labour leader Keir Starmer speaking at UCL's campus in East London earlier this year | Credit: Preet Kaur Gill MP
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Labour leader Keir Starmer speaking at UCL's campus in East London earlier this year | Credit: Preet Kaur Gill MP

Net zero and nature policies are at forefront of draft Labour policy platform sent out to Party members last week

Labour has given is clearest indication yet that boosting the UK's green economy will sit at the forefront of its offering to voters at next year's General Election, after its draft policy blueprint for...

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