How Green Are Your Jobs? (with Jamie Driscoll, North of Tyne Mayor)

Labour has made green jobs a key part of its pitch with Keir Starmer saying the U.K. had to "lead by example" on the climate crisis and invest more in jobs in renewable energy and technology via a "Green New Deal". Jamie Driscoll, Labour mayor of North of Tyne tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Roger Hearing green jobs are a key part of his plan for rejuvenating the economy in what had been a coal-mining area. Andy Mayer, chief operating officer at the think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs argues that the only way to deliver economic growth and genuine new sources of employment is by inventing new products and services people want to buy, via the market. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com