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'A very bad joke': Labour slams government handling of net zero emissions challenge

Madeleine Cuff
Madeleine Cuff
clock 25 April 2018 •
'A very bad joke': Labour slams government handling of net zero emissions challenge

EXCLUSIVE: Labour's Barry Gardiner attacks government over Clean Growth Strategy's failure to meet either current emissions targets or mooted net zero goal

The government has "fundamentally failed to understand" the urgent actions required to deliver a net zero emission economy in line with Paris Agreement targets, a senior Labour figure has warned. Barry...

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