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The battle against climate change needs proper joined-up policy
The Prime Minster’s net zero U-turn makes no long-term economic sense and will leave working people and the poorest in our society counting the cost, says REBECCA LONG BAILEY MP

THE Prime Minister’s announcement recently that he was diluting key net-zero targets — including delaying by five years a ban on new petrol cars, weakening targets on the transition away from oil and gas boilers and scrapping a number of proposed energy efficiency requirements for landlords — was a feeble attempt to appease fossil fuel lobbyists, climate denialists and certain Tory donors in advance of a looming general election.
More worrying however is that it was a blatant attempt to create the false narrative that if we want to tackle climate change those who must ultimately pay for it are working people.
We either choose our health and our children’s futures or our jobs and keeping a roof over our heads.
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