Labour vows to harness net zero to 'give Britain its hope and optimism back'

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Ed Miliband was speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool

Ed Miliband, Rachel Reeves, and Jonathan Reynolds tell Labour conference how they plan to turbocharge UK decarbonisation efforts

Labour has today promised to put climate action at the heart of its economic strategy if elected, as senior Shadow Ministers vowed to hit back at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's attempts to "make net zero...

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