'Green New Deal': MPs urged to tackle climate and cost of living crises

Stuart Stone
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Group of young environmental campaigners stage mass lobby of Parliament as part of campaign for a 'Green New Deal'

More than 60 young environmental campaigners travelled to Westminster yesterday to call on their MPs to back an ambitious plan to tackle the climate and cost of living crises through mass public investment...

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