Julie Walters is among a group of more than 100 high-profile parents calling for a green economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic.
The Harry Potter actress, 70, signed an open letter to the Prime Minister demanding a low-carbon recovery of the economy, alongside author Michael Morpurgo and presenter Lorraine Kelly.
It urges Boris Johnson not to “build our way out of one disaster by supercharging the next” in response to Covid-19, pointing to the impact such moves will have on the younger generations.
The letter, co-ordinated by parent groups Mothers Rise Up and Parents For Future UK, also warns of a “trade-off between creating jobs now and building a fairer, safer world for all our children”.
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