Green collar jobs are key to delivering Labour's 2030 clean power mission

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The sense of urgency about the climate crisis needs to be matched by that for green skills, argues Labour MP Andrew Pakes, co-chair of the APPG on Apprenticeships

Skills are the key to unlock Labour's ambitious plans to reach net zero by 2030. The new government has already hit the ground running introducing the Great British Energy Bill, overturning the ban...

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