Boris Johnson’s blueprint for a “green industrial revolution” was blasted by unions, campaigners and MPs today. The Prime Minister outlined a £12billion “Ten Point Plan” to tackle climate change, slash carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050 and trigger a jobs bonanza – creating or protecting 250,000 posts. But Downing Street was forced to admit just £3bn of the cash was “brand new investment” – and critics said the 38-page document was comprised largely of reheated announcements. Many of the pledges have been unveiled previously, including in last year’s(2019) general election manifesto, at last month’s Conservative Party conference and as the Government tried to provide some upbeat news over the spring while the country battled the coronavirus crisis. Shadow Business Secretary Ed Miliband said: “The funding in this long-awaited announcement doesn’t remotely meet the scale of what is needed to tackle the unemployment emergency and climate emergency we are facing, and pales in comparison to the tens of billions committed by France and Germany. “Only a fraction of the funding announced today is new. “We don’t need rebadged funding pots and reheated pledges, but an ambitious plan that meets the scale of the task we are facing and, crucially, creates jobs… Read full this story
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