Energy summit Starmer vows to go 'all out' in push for net zero

Britain will go "all out" for a low-carbon future and accelerate the push to net zero instead of slowing down as some have demanded, the prime minister said yesterday.

- Fiona Harvey Jillian Ambrose

In his strongest declaration yet of support for the net zero agenda, Keir Starmer told a conference in London of more than 60 countries that tackling the climate crisis and bolstering energy security were "in the DNA of my government".

He said: "This government is acting now, with a muscular industrial policy, to seize the opportunities [in low-carbon technology] to boost investment, build new industries, drive UK competitiveness and unlock export opportunities. That is the change we need. We won't wait. We will accelerate."