Solar panels stand on the edge of a wind farm in Sprakebuell, Germany, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Sprakebuell is something of a model village for the energy transition - with an above-average number of electric cars, a community wind farm and renewable heat from biogas. All houses in the village center have been connected to the local heating network and all old oil heating systems have been removed. Aerial photography with a drone. (AP Photo/Frank Molter) (AP Photo/Frank Molter)
SHARE:
Labour has criticised the government for setting “unachievable” carbon reduction targets which they say “breach” the law.
Shadow climate change minister Ed Miliband told the commons that families will pay the price for this breach through higher energy bills.
He said, “The court found, and I quote, ‘the Secretary of State’s conclusion that the proposals and policies will enable the carbon budgets to be met was irrational’.
“Now, last time, they claim their breach of the law was just on a technicality. What’s her dog ate my homework excuse this time?”
But, Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho said the court did not question the Government’s policies. She said: “If he wants to look at what would smother the transition on private investment in this country, he only needs to look at his own mad, unachievable 2030 target.”
She thinks Labour’s plans are “based on fantasy and ideology, and they’re the last thing that this country needs”.
But Mr Miliband says the “real reason” the Government lost the court case is “because officials were telling ministers they had low or very low confidence that … half of their carbon reductions would actually be achieved”.
Submitted Article
Headline
Short Headline
Standfirst
Published Article
HeadlineGovernment “breach” law with “unachievable” climate targets says Labour
Short HeadlineLabour criticise government's "unachievable" carbon targets
StandfirstShadow climate change minister say families will pay the price for targets.
Labour has criticised the government for setting “unachievable” carbon reduction targets which they say “breach” the law.
Shadow climate change minister Ed Miliband told the commons that families will pay the price for this breach through higher energy bills.
He said, “The court found, and I quote, ‘the Secretary of State’s conclusion that the proposals and policies will enable the carbon budgets to be met was irrational’.
“Now, last time, they claim their breach of the law was just on a technicality. What’s her dog ate my homework excuse this time?”
But, Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho said the court did not question the Government’s policies. She said: “If he wants to look at what would smother the transition on private investment in this country, he only needs to look at his own mad, unachievable 2030 target.”
She thinks Labour’s plans are “based on fantasy and ideology, and they’re the last thing that this country needs”.
But Mr Miliband says the “real reason” the Government lost the court case is “because officials were telling ministers they had low or very low confidence that … half of their carbon reductions would actually be achieved”.
The UK Health Security Agency has confirmed cases of the water-borne disease in parts of North-West and South-West London but are yet to identify a source.
