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Jun 2024
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UK Election Special: Climate

THE LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
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In the first in a series of episodes on the UK general election, James Butler is joined by Ann Pettifor and Adrienne Buller to discuss climate policy and its apparent absence from the campaign so far. Several years ago the Labour Party was committed to a Green New Deal but has since backed away from that promise, while the Conservatives have decided that aba ... Show More
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