The National Curriculum is under review: Where are the voices of green business?

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The independent review of Curriculum and Assessment is due to publish its final recommendations in Autumn 2025 - it is crucial that more green businesses help inform the process, write Global Action Plan's Dr Morgan Phillips and Dr Ali Body

Earlier this month on BBC Radio Four's Today programme, Ed Miliband restated the Labour Party's 'Green Prosperity Plan' promise to create 650,000 new jobs by 2030. However, the viability of that target...

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