Government's green plans 'not cutting the mustard', advisers say, as multi-billion-pound infrastructure plan unveiled
Government’s green plans ‘not cutting the mustard’, advisers say, as multi-billion-pound infrastructure plan unveiledThe UK needs to spend around £30bn per year until 2040 to have any chance of hitting its net zero goals, the Government’s
Sir John Armitt, the commission chair, said the UK was at a “pivotal moment” with “the opportunity to make a major difference to this country’s future. But we need to get on with it.”, which currently heat about nine in 10 English properties, to cleaner alternatives by 2035 to meet the 2050 net-zero target.
Sir John said the Government was “failing to cut the mustard” in its efforts to hit their own net-zero pledges. James Heath, NIC chief executive, said the UK was “way off” switching eight million properties from fossil-fuel heating in the next seven years – a transition likely to make fuel bills cheaper.
It says gigabit-capable broadband needs to be available nationwide by 2030, as well as support for the market to enable the roll out of new 5G services.The commission also says there is an urgent need for a “new comprehensive and long-term rail plan” in the light of thenorth of Birmingham, and the decision “leaves a major gap in the UK’s rail strategy around which a number of cities have based their economic growth”.
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