Sadiq Khan pledges 170,000 London green jobs in mayoral re-election pitch

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Green jobs were front and centre as Sadiq Khan has launched his election manifesto for 2021
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Green jobs were front and centre as Sadiq Khan has launched his election manifesto for 2021

The incumbent Mayor seeks to build on promise to make London carbon neutral by 2030 as he sets out election manifesto

Sadiq Khan has promised to help create hundreds of thousands of green jobs across the UK capital if he is re-elected as Mayor of London next month. The Labour mayoral candidate yesterday set out plans...

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