Green New Deal: Group steps up calls for low carbon infrastructure stimulus package

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A decade on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, campaigners are again calling on the government to boost the economy through a 'Green New Deal'

The UK needs to massively step up investment in the green economy in order to provide economic security and "create jobs in every constituency". That is the core message from the Green New Deal Group,...

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