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Is Britain’s ‘net zero economy’ really booming?

25 February 2025

2:38 AM

25 February 2025

2:38 AM

If you live opposite the vacant site in Northumberland that was supposed to become the Britishvolt ‘gigafactory’ pumping out batteries for the electric car industry, or near the Vestas wind turbine plant on the Isle of Wight where half the 600 workers have been told they face redundancy, you might just struggle to believe that Britain is in the midst of a net zero jobs boom.

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