Boost pandemic recovery with 250,000 green apprenticeships, Friends of the Earth urges

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Research argues over £10bn of funding for a massive programme of green apprenticeships would boost jobs and prospects for younger people in the UK

A vast skills pipeline of 250,000 green apprenticeships leading to full-time jobs across the burgeoning low carbon economy could address both climate breakdown and the post-Covid crisis in youth unemployment,...

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