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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Woodcock

Legal setback for government over net zero plan as Britain swelters in heatwave

Tom Maddick/SWNS

Ministers failed to outline exactly how their net zero strategy will achieve emissions targets, a court ruled on Monday – dealing the government’s climate change credentials a serious blow on the day Britain sweltered under its first ever red extreme temperature alert.

Proposals for meeting emission targets were too vague for business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to claim in parliament that the government was on track to fulfil its global warming promises, the High Court said.

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