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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Emily Beament

No 10 denies reports Starmer is preparing to miss 2030 clean energy target

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer arrives for the Western Balkans Summit at Lancaster House in London this week. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA) - (PA Wire)

Downing Street has denied reports that Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to miss his Government’s target to decarbonise the UK’s electricity grid by 2030.

The Prime Minister was said to be considering dropping the goal in order to keep energy bills down, which green campaigners called a “complete dereliction of duty on climate action”.

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