A false dawn or green revolution? Picking apart the UK Government's ten-point plan

The new raft of environmental policies, which were first announced in November last year, aims to mobilise £12bn of government investment and potentially more than three times that amount from the private sector. Among the policies is a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, a key component to the low-carbon agenda being pushed by Downing Street. The plan aims to accelerate the UK's path to net zero carbon emissions and will require a massive investment in infrastructure, including £1.3bn in charging stations alone over the next four years and the quadrupling of exis...