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Our Response to the Chancellor's Statement

  Read our response to Rishi Sunak's statement today      VID-19 crisis .   More than a million people have lost their jobs and many more are worried about losing theirs in the weeks and months ahead.   We are also facing big challenges in deep-seated inequality and the climate emergency.   We must ensure no one is left behind.   Against this unprecedented economic and health crisis we need a radical new direction of economic policy to meet this challenge.   We need a Green Recovery Plan   This is precisely the right time for a massive green stimulus to provide jobs and tackle the other great crisis of our time, the climate emergency.   The Government’s green spending simply does not match the scale of ambition necessary to reshape our economy and save the planet.   The UK’s green investment is being outpaced by the likes of France, Germany, South Korea and even rivalled by Denmark.   That is why the Liberal Democrats are ...