We've just had a statement from the GMB union - which represents over half a million workers - saying the government has "lost its way", and calling for a "credible, coherent plan" on industrial strategy. Reaction continues to flood in to the leak last night that revealed Rishi Sunak is set to roll back policies designed to reach net zero. "But I am delighted we now have some new breathing space to get it scrapped completely." "FairFuelUK told him this undemocratic and draconian edict would cost five times the alleged benefit and was always doomed to be dropped. He said in a statement: "The prime minister knew very well that the 2030 ban could cost him the general election in 2024. He called on the PM to "ignore the siren calls of a coven of fossil fuel-supporting backbenchers, and listen to the global investment community instead."īut Howard Cox, the Reform UK candidate for London mayor and founder of fuel price campaign FairFuelUK, disagrees wholeheartedly. Quentin Willson, automotive journalist and founder of electric vehicle campaign group FairCharge, said that "moving this date for short-term electoral gain will risk both the entire energy transition and the UK’s international investment credibility." Some more reaction to the news that the date for phasing out new petrol and diesel vehicles could be pushed back from 2030 to 2035.Īnna Valero, a member of the Treasury's economic advisory council, has hit out at the move on social media, writing: "This would be bad for the UK, and yet another example of policy volatility that prevents businesses taking the long-term investment decisions needed for a stronger, more resilient and sustainable economy."
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