Government’s ‘green industrial revolution’ does not go far enough, industry says

By Tom Lowe2020-11-18T13:55:00

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Longer term plan needed, trade bodies say

The industry has given a mixed response to the government’s 10-point plan to meet its net zero targets by 2050 by creating a “green industrial revolution”.

Contractors and trade bodies have said the £4bn package, part of a wider £12bn fund which aims to create up to 250,000 green jobs and ‘level up’ former industrial areas of the UK, does not go far enough in addressing the construction’s contribution to CO2 emissions.

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