The UK’s industrial heartlands – including in the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, the West Midlands, and Wales – will be at the centre of the Government’s blueprint for a green industrial revolution, the Prime Minister has said.
The 10-point plan, covering clean energy, transport, nature and innovative technologies, will mobilise £12 million of government investment to help create up to 250,000 high-skill jobs.
Cllr David Renard, the LGA’s Environment and Transport Spokesman, said: “Councils share the ambition for a green revolution and want to work with government and businesses to establish a national fiscal and policy framework for addressing the climate emergency, supported with long-term funding.
“Electric vehicles play an important part in improving air quality and reducing dependency on fossil fuels, as well as improving the health of our residents and the environment in our local communities.
“The plan to bring forward the ban on selling new petrol and diesel cars to 2030 is also a positive step, but the Government needs to be clear what role councils have in delivering new infrastructure.
“Our recent research found that nearly 700,000 jobs could be created in England’s low-carbon and renewable energy economy by 2030, rising to more than one million by 2050.
“An integrated and devolved approach to the development of skills is urgently needed and our Work Local proposals set out the steps for handing funding and powers over skills to local areas.”
