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  • 22 Jun 2010
    Cuts 'destructive and unnecessary', says the Green Party

    Green Party leader Caroline Lucas MP has challenged the basic logic of the Coalition Government's massive public spending cuts, saying they are both "destructive and unnecessary."

  • 22 Jun 2010
    Carbon cuts are the ones we really need, says new economy report

    A new report says Britain could cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2030, creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs and regaining energy security at the heart of a revamped economy.

  • 25 Mar 2010
    Stuck in a deflationary spiral

    What do yesterday's announcements mean in terms of tackling the economic crisis, its main victims, and the climate change challenge? Here is my more or less immediate response to Alistair Darling’s final budget.

  • 9 Dec 2009
    Time for a Green New Deal, say British economists

    As the government launches its pre-budget statement, the second report from the authors of the Green New Deal argue that the British Chancellor needs to tackle public debt, create thousands of new green jobs and transition to a low-carbon economy.