John McDonnell: Labour would intervene to support green industries

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Shadow Chancellor sketches out vision for an 'environmentally sustainable' economy in step with the global trend towards government intervention

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has vowed that a Labour government would step up investment in clean technology in order to exploit the "natural resources that could make us world-leaders in renewables"....

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