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Mcdonnell promises clean energy drive to save the planet
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell after speaking at the Scottish Labour's Annual Conference in Caird Hall, Dundee, today

JOHN McDONNELL promised today to create 50,000 jobs in Scotland as part of an “industrial revolution in our energy sector that could save this planet.”

Speaking at the Scottish Labour Party conference, the shadow chancellor pledged a massive expansion of renewable energy.

He told delegates: “You know that already 60 per cent of the UK’s onshore wind capacity is in Scotland.

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