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Net zero: Climate action delay will hurt economy, Tory MP’s review says

A Conservative MP has said delaying climate action risks damaging the UK’s economic prospects, in a major review of the government’s net zero plans.

The report by Chris Skidmore says the government’s climate policies need to be more consistent and ambitious.

The UK is “falling behind” on some targets and needs a “new approach”, the report says.

It calls for 25 actions within two years, including food eco-labelling, and phasing out gas boilers by 2033.

Mr Skidmore – the Tory MP who wrote the report – was commissioned by former prime minister Liz Truss to review the government’s delivery of net zero, to ensure it was “pro-growth and pro-business”.

Some green campaign groups praised the report for focusing on the economic opportunities of net zero and urged the government to heed its recommendations.

In his conclusion, Mr Skidmore said the UK was in a “net-zero race” and delaying decisions risked losing jobs, infrastructure and investments to other countries.

The UK, he said, had “reached a tipping point” where the “risks of ‘not zero’ are now greater than the associated risks of taking decisive action on net zero now”.

Net zero: Climate action delay will hurt economy, Tory MP’s review says

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