More money isn’t the key to clean power by 2030
Labour's plans for decarbonising the grid rely on private finance and planning reform, not just public investment.
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Megan Kenyon
Megan Kenyon is policy correspondent at the New Statesman covering sustainability for the Spotlight policy supplement. She writes on climate change, energy security, nature recovery, local government, housing, and planning.
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