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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Labour scrapping £28bn green pledge could leave UK colder, sicker and poorer

Keir Starmer, Anas Sarwar and Ed Miliband at St Fergus gas terminal
Labour’s Keir Starmer (third from right), Anas Sarwar (second left) and Ed Miliband (centre) at St Fergus gas terminal in November. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Colder, damper, sicker, poorer and less employed: Britons in the near future are likely to be worse off if the next government fails to invest in a cleaner and greener economy, business experts and green campaigners have said.

Economic revival requires investment, and the UK’s crumbling infrastructure needs renewal. The country faces a choice: decline, as businesses and financial investors go elsewhere to find welcoming governments and the regulations, equipment and skills they seek; or investment in the future.

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