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Labour’s new report could kickstart a green industrial revolution
Only Labour has a plan to tackle the climate emergency — we need a Corbyn-led government for both people and planet, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE

THIS week Labour published a report by a group of independent energy industry experts, academics and others.

The result is an ambitious set of 30 recommendations that crucially set out the next immediate and urgent steps that Britain needs to take to be on track to decarbonise.

The message of the report is clear — if we don’t take these next immediate steps, then it makes any future targets almost irrelevant.

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