Burnham recommits to Net Zero targets despite MPs warning phrase has become ‘toxic’ with voters tired of rising bills

Andy Burnham today gave vocal support to Net Zero and ploughed more taxpayer cash into reaching 2050 environmental targets today, despite MPs warning weary voters are increasingly turned off by it. 

The Prime Minister said he was ‘determined’ to reach the mid-century milestones as he announced nearly £30million 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.

The cross-party Commons Energy Security and Net Zero Committee warned in its latest report that it has now ‘lost much of its significant

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