MPs urge government to use road building budget for network upgrades to support net zero

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Government's reliance on rapid uptake of electric vehicles to decarbonise transport without reducing demand amounts to 'risky strategy', Transport Committee warns

The government should use its multi-billion-pound road-building budget to upgrade infrastructure and fill potholes instead, and work on squeezing demand for driving, MPs on Parliament's Transport Committee...

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