McDonnell: Labour would ensure UK becomes 'world leaders in decarbonising our economy'

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Shadow Chancellor promises to back clean technologies, reasserts nationalisation plans, and vows Tories will face 'political battle of their lives' if they try to water down EU environmental protections

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has today reiterated that low carbon infrastructure and clean technologies would provide one of the central pillars of a Labour government's economic strategy, vowing that...

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