NET ZERO!

That's the number of times climate change is mentioned in Reform UK's new county council environment strategy

- Phil Corrigan

GREEN AGENDA: A carbon emissions event held by the county council before Reform came to power.

REFORM UK council leaders have approved a new environmental strategy - which does not mention climate change at all.

Staffordshire County Council's environmental strategy sets out a number of priorities in areas such as transport, energy and waste.

But the 2,600-word document does not include a single mention of the term 'climate change,' despite talking about the need to adapt to 'impactful weather' and 'changes to long-term weather patterns.

The new strategy comes after Reform councillors voted to rescind a climate emergency declaration, made under authority's previous Conservative administration.

It replaces the council's climate change strategic development framework, the latest version of which was agreed in 2024.