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Keir Starmer defends UK net zero policy after criticism from Tony Blair
- Sir Keir Starmer defended the UK Government's net zero policy after Tony Blair criticized it earlier this week.
- Tony Blair argued that hysteria affects the climate debate and that short-term fossil fuel phase-out strategies are doomed to fail.
- Starmer's team rejected Blair's claim, stating the UK pursues a pragmatic climate approach to deliver net zero without imposing on lifestyles.
- Unite union warned that net zero requires serious investment in new jobs and called for a fully funded workers' transition industrial strategy.
- The debate highlights political tensions over climate policy, with implications for Labour's support if investment and job creation fail to materialize.
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Tony Blair’s net zero stance ‘absolutely aligned’ with government policy, Starmer says - Politics.co.uk
Keir Starmer has insisted that Sir Tony Blair’s stance on net zero is “absolutely aligned” with the policy of his Labour government. In widely reported comments originally published in a foreword to a Tony Blair Institute (TBI) report, the former prime minister said that the current approach to hitting the target of net zero by... Read more »
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