Green economy goes into slump

The UK’s green economy suffered a slump in 2019, erasing most of the gains made over the preceding years, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed. The ONS estimated the number of full-time equivalent jobs in the low-carbon and renewable energy sectors at 202,100 – a 6 per cent reduction on the previous year’s estimate of 215,800.

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