Labour Climate News Today

Conservatives propose new 'Backing Drivers Bill' to reverse ULEZ expansion and block local authority clean air and road safety measures, sparking angry response from green groups

Labour and the Tories should not be turning their backs on the green transition - one of the UK's big success stories - at a time when taking action is more important than ever, Jessica Frank-Keyes argues

EDF, E.ON, Nationwide, and Vaillant call for an end to 'unfair' penalisation of households making the switch to heat pumps

Sir Keir Starmer has come under fire from all corners of the Labour party after scrapping his pledge to spend £28 billion a year on green projects.

Labour has dropped its £28bn green pledge and the Tories are underfunding carbon-cutting measures, despite benefits of net zero projects

Green economy leaders have weighed in on the Labour Party's decision to water down its £28bn-a-year sustainable public finance commitment, with some slamming the decision and others arguing it is prudent for the private sector to do the heavy lifting. Members can read our reaction round-up here.

Opposition insists revamped Green Prosperity Plan will turbocharge private sector spending, but it commits to just £23.7bn of additional investment over the next Parliament

The MP for Stalybridge and Hyde said it was Labour’s ‘ambition’ to carry out the multi-billion pound investment but warned that ‘sometimes circumstances change’

...a good case can be made that extreme eco activists like him, indeed anyone associated with the Climate Change Committee, should not be allowed anywhere near the machinery of public policy and Government.

Discover the reaction to the the King's Speech during the State Opening of Parliament from green economy leaders including those at the REA, IPPR, UKGBC, ECIU and more.