Rachel Reeves had a green growth plan - she should stick to it

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There are few quick fixes for driving UK growth, and the economic case for expanding Heathrow is very shaky, writes Green Alliance's Steve Coulter

Stability was central to Labour's pitch to voters at last year's General Election. The Chancellor Rachel Reeves also considers it essential to overcoming the "British disease", in which "short-term instability...

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