First steps towards a UK Green New Deal

The idea of a Green New Deal originated in the UK in the aftermath of the financial crisis. It didn’t get anywhere at the time (despite the coalition government half borrowing the term for its ‘green deal’, which it subsequently botched anyway). It’s back on the agenda now after high profile campaigns in the US, and then more successfully in the EU, South Korea and elsewhere.

What the Green New Deal attempts is to create a big over-arching vision for sustainability and equality together. The...