‘We need to get on with it’: Government urged to boost UK infrastructure investment to deliver net zero

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    ‘We need to get on with it’: Government urged to boost UK infrastructure investment to deliver net zero

    Michael Holder

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    National Infrastructure Commission warns annual public and private infrastructure investment needs to rise by tens of billions of pounds to deliver on net zero and levelling up ambitions, saving households thousands of pounds a year in the process

    Delivering modern, reliable, and clean infrastructure can both drive economic growth and deliver on the UK’s net zero and nature targets, but only if the government rapidly sets out a clear plan to ramp…

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