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Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth: 'We should all be worried about the demonising of migrants'
Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru, speaks at an event
Politics

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth: 'We should all be worried about the demonising of migrants'

The Plaid Cymru leader answers our questions on the green transition, Housing First and poverty ahead of polling day
Green transition: Help retrain gas workers or risk 'cliff edge' job losses, government warned
Green transition

Green transition: Help retrain gas workers or risk 'cliff edge' job losses, government warned

Sunak should meet people hit by floods – but maybe he doesn't want to get his Sambas wet
Paul McNamee

Sunak should meet people hit by floods – but maybe he doesn't want to get his Sambas wet

To make switch to net zero, we need largest overhaul of UK's electricity grid in generations
Alice Delahunty

To make switch to net zero, we need largest overhaul of UK's electricity grid in generations

Spring Statement: What environmental policies should be included?
Spring statement

Spring Statement: What environmental policies should be included?

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Here’s where to find career advice whatever your situation
Norris found career advice through the PoppY Factory after getting injured in Afghanistan
Career advice

Here’s where to find career advice whatever your situation

All the reasons why the new Cumbria coal mine is a terrible idea
Proposed image of Woodhous Colliery
Cumbria coal mine

All the reasons why the new Cumbria coal mine is a terrible idea

The government needs to build a greener economy and create millions of well-paid green jobs 
A man installs solar panels on a roof
Big Futures

The government needs to build a greener economy and create millions of well-paid green jobs 

Government has 'no agreed definition' for green jobs and inflated figures under Kwasi Kwarteng, documents show
Two men fitting solar panels.
Green jobs

Government has 'no agreed definition' for green jobs and inflated figures under Kwasi Kwarteng, documents show

‘An ambitious, bold, moonshot mission’: Can Labour’s green jobs strategy fix all of Britain’s problems?
Labour Party Conference

‘An ambitious, bold, moonshot mission’: Can Labour’s green jobs strategy fix all of Britain’s problems?

Renewable energy can bring a bonanza of good jobs and support levelling up
Workers installing solar panels on a roof. Experts told the Government green jobs are key in rebuilding from Covid
Sam Alvis

Renewable energy can bring a bonanza of good jobs and support levelling up

Industrial workers in Wales could be given free cash to help with green jobs transition
Cardiff Bay with old coal hoists in the water
Green jobs

Industrial workers in Wales could be given free cash to help with green jobs transition

Everything you need to know about green jobs - and how to get one
Two men fitting solar panels.
Green jobs

Everything you need to know about green jobs - and how to get one

Government rejects calls to improve climate change education in schools
Climate change

Government rejects calls to improve climate change education in schools

Why cargo bikes could be the future of green home delivery
Green transport

Why cargo bikes could be the future of green home delivery

Big Issue Invest joins multi-million pound partnership to support green jobs
Environment

Big Issue Invest joins multi-million pound partnership to support green jobs

A poll found one third of workers would turn down a job at a non-green company
Employment

A poll found one third of workers would turn down a job at a non-green company

'Severe' skills shortage threatens UK’s long-term environment goals
Environment

'Severe' skills shortage threatens UK’s long-term environment goals

Starmer calls for Green New Deal as green jobs plummet by 75,000
Environment

Starmer calls for Green New Deal as green jobs plummet by 75,000

Green jobs could bring 16,000 new roles to deprived areas, says think tank
Green jobs
Employment

Green jobs could bring 16,000 new roles to deprived areas, says think tank

Here’s how many green jobs could be created in your area
A man fits a solar panel on a roof. Up to 8,224 green jobs could be created in West Cumbria’s Copeland, where locals are objecting to controversial plans for a new coal mine
Employment

Here’s how many green jobs could be created in your area

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Green jobs cut by nearly 34,000 despite Boris Johnson’s 2050 pledge
Nearly 34,000 green jobs were lost between 2014 and 2019
Employment

Green jobs cut by nearly 34,000 despite Boris Johnson’s 2050 pledge