Labour to plan green economic rescue from coronavirus crisis

(The Guardian, 17 May 2020) Exclusive: Ed Miliband calls for creation of ‘zero-carbon army’ for eco-friendly industries

Labour is drawing up ambitious proposals to rescue the post-coronavirus economy with a radical green recovery plan focused on helping young people who lose their jobs by retraining them in green industries.

Seeking to seize the initiative on the country’s future direction once the pandemic abates, Ed Miliband, the shadow business secretary, has called for the plans to include creating a “zero-carbon army of young people” doing work such as planting trees, insulating buildings and working on green technologies.

Miliband told the Guardian that the combination of the economic damage caused by the virus and the imperative to tackle issues such as the climate emergency and pollution required ambition on the scale of Clement Attlee’s postwar Labour government.

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The Guardian, 17 May 2020: Labour to plan green economic rescue from coronavirus crisis