Ed Miliband: decarbonising the power sector will create a million green jobs

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Labour leader also outlines plans to freeze electricity bills to 2017 if the party wins the next election, drawing ire from energy companies

Ed Miliband promised a million green jobs would be created through decarbonising the UK's power sector by 2030 and announced plans to freeze electricity bills to 2017 in a rousing speech at the Labour...

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