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George Lithgow

Don’t throw workers ‘on the scrapheap’ in pursuit of net zero, union chief says

Unite leader Sharon Graham (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Archive)

The head of a union has said workers cannot be thrown “on the scrapheap” in the pursuit of net zero after former prime minister Sir Tony Blair criticised efforts to limit fossil fuels.

Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite, said the Government needs a joined up industrial strategy to decarbonise the UK economy “and also secure jobs”.

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