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Labour targets net zero energy in the 2030s in manifesto promising 'real change'

21 November 2019 • 5 min read

Party promises one million green jobs and a windfall tax on oil companies as part of its Green Industrial Revolution

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today promised to unleash a green industrial revolution that will create a million green jobs, revive the UK's industrial heartlands and put the UK on track for a zero carbon...

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