STUC to call on British government to end arms sales to Israel and the Scottish government to end enterprise grants for weapons manufacturers
Blair sparks climate action row
Former prime minister Sir Tony Blair, March 20233
BLUNDERING Sir Tony Blair sparked anger among climate activists and Labour MPs today following a public call to ditch net-zero policies.
The former premier’s Tony Blair Institute (TBI) think tank was forced to clarify that it backed the government after issuing a report earlier this week calling for abandoning radical action to deal with the climate crisis.
It said: “The report is clear that we support the government’s 2050 net-zero targets, to give certainty to the investors and innovators who can develop these new solutions and make them deployable.
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