A Green Recovery Bond could both decarbonise UK buildings and boost jobs

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Green Party MP Caroline Lucas sets out the case for the government bringing forward plans for a 'green recovery bond' to help drive decarbonisation and level-up the UK

The Prime Minister's pledge to "live local and prosper", which we're told is likely to be the centrepiece of today's Queen's Speech, would mark a dramatic break with previous Conservative government policy,...

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