A Green New Deal: Properly, this time

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David Powell of the New Economics Foundation argues the time is right for the UK to revive the Green New Deal concept

The Green New Deal is coming. Get ready. It's possible the resurgence of the concept of a Green New Deal has passed you by - although that's going to have been quite an achievement. It's becoming increasingly...

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