Green Party: Green New Deal can deliver coronavirus recovery

Cecilia Keating
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Green Party claims that the sweeping green investment programme at the heart of its 2019 general election manifesto can help the country recover from the economic shock.

The Green Party has today urged the government to make a Green New Deal the central plank of its post-coronavirus recovery plans. In a statement timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Earth...

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