Activists, trade union leaders and employers welcome government agreement

, said the group of unions will “work with the incoming government and of course be emphasising the importance of our document, No Going Back, which sets out a new deal for workers and society and is a detailed plan on the way forward for the country amid the unprecedented economic global crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic”.

Environmental groups urged the government to put climate change policies at the core of its agenda. Oisín Coghlan, director of Friends of the Earth, said the programme for government is “by far the strongest we have seen of any government on climate action”. “The focus will now be on delivery,” he said. “We campaigned for faster and fairer climate action and this programme for government is a step in the right direction, but it’s just a down-payment and we’ll be making sure they deliver.

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