Plans mean 'hundreds of thousands' of green jobs

ED Miliband says he is “very confident” the Government will create “hundreds of thousands” of jobs with its green plans, but did not put a figure on how close it is to Labour's manifesto target of 650,000.

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The Energy Secretary said net zero represents “the growth opportunity of the 21st century”, and that the sector grew at a faster rate than the economy as a whole last year.

It comes as Mr Miliband announced the first major project for the publicly-owned Great British Energy.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he was asked about 650,000 new jobs pledged in the manifesto.

He told the programme: “We're confident we're going to provide hundreds of thousands of jobs as a result of our drive to net zero. “This is the growth opportunity of the 21st century.