LinkedIn: Green skills gap putting Labour's 'clean energy superpower' vision at risk

Stuart Stone
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Half of UK workers do not have access to training for greener roles despite sustainability hiring boom, LinkedIn data finds

A widespread green skills gap threatens to undermine the Labour government's plans to turn the UK into a "clean energy superpower" as set out in the King's Speech, new LinkedIn data has suggested. LinkedIn's...

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