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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Paul Owen and Tom Clark

Labour policy review – have your say: climate change

Meg Hillier will lead the climate change review
Meg Hillier will lead the climate change review. Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex Features

The climate change review is led by Meg Hillier, the shadow climate change secretary, and is intended to examine how the UK shows "world leadership" on the issue of global warming.

It will also look at the government's role in creating "green growth", jobs and skills, and encouraging people to live greener lives.

Tom Clark writes:

As a former climate change secretary, Ed Miliband starts out with a clear enough sense of the policies that the climate requires, and is probably more interested in how he can make these politically sellable.
Labour's agitation for a petrol tax cut before the budget indicates he judges that the party cannot afford to be purist about the environment at a time when families are feeling the pinch.
Linking the need to cut back on carbon with green investment that might create jobs is, as the remit suggests, an obvious way to go. What proposals do you think Labour should offer to demonstrate that prosperity and protecting the earth can go hand in hand?

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