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Labour warns Nigel Farage's 'war on clean energy' would threaten almost one million jobs

James Murray

18 July 2025 • 3 min read

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Labour Party publishes new analysis claiming a Reform-led government would put more than 950,000 clean energy jobs at risk

The Labour Party has today warned that a Reform-led government would threaten almost a million jobs across the UK's clean energy economy through its plan to "wage war" on renewable energy projects...

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