Chris Skidmore, who chairs the net zero review, has urged ministers not to ‘play politics’ with environmental policies It comes after the by-election win in Uxbridge was widely credited to a row over the Ultra Low Emission Zone in the car-reliant area
to rip up other green pledges, such as phasing out new gas boilers by 2035 and banning the sale of new petrol cars by 2030, in a bid to take on Labour at the next election.
He said: “The UK has been an international leader on taking climate action and cutting our emissions at the same time as growing our economy. We did so by ensuring that we took the politics out of climate change, which affects us all, regardless of who is in power. “The net zero review I chaired demonstrated that net zero isn’t just an environmental policy but a key economic driver of future growth and investment that can transform Britain for the better, but this requires all political parties not to play politics with safeguarding our futures.
“It is also really bad politics, given that the environment and taking action on climate change consistently polls third in the issues that voters care about.
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