Nigel Farage called net zero targets 'virtue-signalling'. (Image: Getty)
Nigel Farage has urged Reform-led councils to abandon "virtue-signalling" climate emergency targets in a blow to Ed Miliband's net zero dreams. Between May 2019 and 2023, eight out of 10 local authorities across Britain declared climate emergencies and announced eco-friendly commitments.
They pledged to allocate millions of pounds to make offices, waste collection trucks and all council-run services carbon-neutral. Instead of adhering to the 2050 deadline set by Parliament, most councils committed to a more ambitious target of 2030. But now, the Reform UK leader said these net zero pledges should be abandoned after his party took control of 10 county councils two months ago.
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He told The Telegraph: "They need to be scrapped. It's not the job of county councils to deal with global issues, and it wouldn't make any difference at all if they were scrapped. It costs money and they are a massive diversion of time. It's virtue-signalling."
Mr Farage's remarks follow his statement in May suggesting that staff working on climate change initiatives should be "seeking alternative careers".
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Mr Miliband will make a "state of the climate" address to the Commons regarding the findings of a new Met Office-led report, which warned of extreme weather and its effects on the UK.
He said: "I feel a deep sense of responsibility to the British people to tell them the truth about what we know about the climate and nature crisis.
"I want this to become an annual statement where it’s an exercise in radical truth-telling about the state of the climate and nature. I think only by levelling with people about what we know can we win people’s trust about the need for action."
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