Brexit and the green economy

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Baroness Jenny Jones argues Brexit could offer a major opportunity for the green economy and the UK's small businesses

For me, the referendum result was a rejection of power going into fewer and fewer hands and therefore provides an opportunity to bring back control to a more localised level and deliver more democratic...

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