Nearly a million people are employed in the green business sector in the UK, but few would realise it from the debates so far in the 2015 general election
Workers in green jobs have played little role in the bitterly fought general election campaign, though they have much stake in it. Nearly a million people are employed in the UK green business sector, but few would realise it from the debates so far. For those in this sector, however, the campaigns are crucial to the future of their jobs – and the UK.
The major debates have focused on the economy, austerity, public services and immigration. When green issues have been mentioned, energy has been the clearest dividing line. Labour’s promise to freeze energy bills to 2017, if elected, drew the ire of the “big six” suppliers, with warnings that it would reduce their ability to generate green power, destroy investment and jobs and possibly lead to power cuts.
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