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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics

Why Labour should put green before growth

Rachel Reeves.
Readers question Rachel Reeves’s plans. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

It would appear that Rachel Reeves would rather put growth ahead of protecting our children’s future with net zero policies (Rachel Reeves’s bid to expand Heathrow could add £40 to airline ticket, 23 January). Yet in the acres of coverage about this government’s growth mantra, three crucial questions are never asked, let alone answered.

First, what exactly is the end goal of growth? The response should be an increase in economic activity directed predominantly towards rebuilding public services and turbocharging a green transition.

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