MOST new cars and vans will have to be electric by 2030 if legal targets to cut greenhouse gases are to be met, the Committee on Climate Change warns in a new report published today.

The committee, an independent body set up by the 2008 Climate Change Act, said that the Tories have not gone far enough to meet statutory targets to cut greenhouse gases.

Committee chairman Lord Deben said car companies, oil and gas firms and housebuilders should “step up” and play a greater role in the shift to a green economy.