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Andy Burnham reaffirmed his commitment to Net Zero targets despite MPs warning that the term has become "toxic" with voters. He announced nearly £30 million in funding for community-led renewable projects, stating he is determined to meet the 2050 Net Zero goal despite public skepticism over rising energy bills. The cross-party Commons Energy Security and Net Zero Committee reported that the phrase Net Zero has lost its positive association among the public due to concerns about increasing costs.
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Andy Burnham, the UK prime minister, has reaffirmed his commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 despite warnings from MPs that the term is becoming "toxic" with voters. Burnham announced nearly £30 million in funding for community-led renewable energy projects called "People's Power." He argued that Britons are increasingly concerned about climate change following one of the hottest summers on record, filled with extreme weather events like heatwaves and droughts. Burnham emphasized the need to adapt daily life, from travel to home building and energy production, to address environmental challenges effectively.
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Andy Burnham today gave vocal support to Net Zero and ploughed more taxpayer cash into reaching environmental targets by 2050 today, despite MPs warning weary voters are turned off by the slogan.
The Prime Minister said he was 'determined' to reach the mid-century milestones as he announced nearly £30 million for community-led renewable 'People's Power projects'.
The pledge came after an influential group of MPs recommended the phrase Net Zero should be scrapped by the Government as it has become toxic to the public.
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The he cross-party Commons Energy Security and Net Zero Committee warned in its latest report that it has now 'lost much of its significant positive association'.
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But Mr Burnham said he was 'acutely aware' of Britons' concern about climate change after a summer of record heat.
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It is here and with us now,' the Prime Minister wrote in an op-ed in the Guardian.
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The Prime Minister, pictured visiting supercar manufacturer McLaren yesterday, said he was 'determined' to hit the mid-century green milestones
Mr Burnham said he was 'acutely aware' of Britons' concern about climate change after a summer of record heat
He said the country would need to adapt to the crisis by changing 'the way we travel, build homes and produce energy'.
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I have long seen the green transition as the best chance we will ever have to reindustrialise Britain.'
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The funding for 'People's Power projects' would allow communities to build and control their own clean energy supply, he said, arguing that 'the only lasting way to bring down bills is to produce more of our own clean, renewable energy at home'.
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way → allow → home
He also wrote: 'I am determined that we meet the commitment on which Labour was elected and reach Net Zero by 2050.
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Labour → write → 2050
I want Britain to believe in itself again.'
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It appears to mark Mr Burnham's strongest intervention on the issue, after opponents accused him of reacting slowly to the summer's extreme heat, droughts and wildfires.
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Provisional figures from the Met Office suggested 2026 was the UK's hottest summer since records began.
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The premier also faces pressure from both sides over looming decisions on whether to approve the controversial Jackdaw and Rosebank oil and gas fields.
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Climate campaigners are urging him to block the proposed new developments in the North Sea, while the oil and gas industry and opposition politicians have argued they would create thousands of jobs and cut bills.
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Permission for one or both would throw his commitment to Net Zero into question.
Both the Conservatives and Reform UK have broken with the consensus around Net Zero and have called for Britain to get more of its energy from tapping fossil fuel reserves in the North Sea.
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Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has announced the Tories no longer support the 2050 target, while Reform UK has attacked the Government's green energy policies as 'net stupid zero'.
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The committee's report said: 'The term Net Zero has lost much of its significant positive association.
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term → say → association
It increasingly acts as a distraction from the broader aims of the energy transition and as a lightning rod for opposition to climate action.
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'As part of efforts to communicate the energy transition effectively, the term Net Zero should be dropped from the department's (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) name and its key communications.
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The report also recommended the Government changes how it communicates its energy transition plans.
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'Simply providing information will not be enough,' it said, with the MPs warning this could lead to those opposed to Net Zero becoming more entrenched in their opinion.
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Eco-tycoon Dale Vince said he had been making the same recommendation since June.
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He said: 'Net Zero has been toxified – abandoning the use of it is a good idea.
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abandoning → say → it
'Net zero speaks to giving stuff up, we should be talking about what we gain from the green transition.
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