Scotland and TUC tout green jobs boost

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Government and industry seek to place green growth at heart of economic recovery

Plans to create thousands of new green jobs to help the UK recover from the economic downturn have received fresh backing from the Scottish government and the Trades Union Congress (TUC). John Swinney,...

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