Conference diary: Does Labour do green?

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Alastair Harper of the Green Alliance asks if Labour is doing enough to embed green thinking in its economic plans

Manchester is a Labour city. Ever since the city became a metropolitan borough council in 1974, it's been controlled by Labour. Its MPs are Labour, and always have been. The ring of steel around the conference...

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