'Hopelessly inefficient': Tony Blair Institute warns Britain needs new Planning Act to deliver on net zero goals

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Influential think tank warns that without sweeping planning reform the UK will miss its clean energy goals by decades

A new Planning Act is urgently needed if the UK is to meet its climate goals and maximise the huge economic opportunities that will flow from the net zero transition. That is the headline recommendation...

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