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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

‘Act on the evidence outside the window’: Andy Burnham urged to stick to net zero targets if he becomes PM

A shirtless man kneels at a beach water fountain, rinsing himself under the water
A person tries to cool off with fresh water from a water fountain by the beach in Hove, England. Photograph: Carlos Jasso/AFP/Getty Images

Britain’s net zero economy is booming. The sector is worth £100bn a year to the UK, has outpaced other sectors, and supports higher-paying jobs than the average.

For a union leader to suggest that the man who has overseen this impressive record – the energy secretary, Ed Miliband – would be a “noose around the neck” of job creation, as Unite’s Sharon Graham has done, might seem extraordinary.

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