Greener, happier, more productive: Can net zero deliver the productivity boost the UK sorely needs?

Michael Holder
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Nissan's Sunderland car plant is the largest in the UK | Credit: Nissan
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Nissan's Sunderland car plant is the largest in the UK | Credit: Nissan

The relationship between net zero policy and productivity is sometimes complex, but with the right policy planning the latter can help drive the former, fresh analysis argues

Sluggish productivity has long been a thorn in the side of the UK economy. Slow UK growth in output and real wages over the past lost decade-and-a-half has meant these metrics are barely any better...

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