ONS: Over a quarter of working adults have a 'green' role as part of their job

James Murray
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ONS: Over a quarter of working adults have a 'green' role as part of their job

New figures suggest around 526,000 people have 'green jobs'

Over a quarter of working adults in the UK regard part of their role as a 'green job', according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that seeks to estimate the size of the UK's green...

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