Andy Burnham has failed to back his First Secretary’s proposal to cut EV mandate targets by a quarter. The weathervane flails…
The present completely unachievable rules require 80% of car sales to be zero emission by 2030, with hybrids allowed to make up the rest. The Guardian reported that Haigh was set to cut that to 60% on Wednesday…
Burnham, asked about that today, said:
“Well, the consultation on the mandate for zero-emission vehicles concluded only a fortnight ago, so obviously that is being looked at now. “The range of responses to the consultation… so these reports are just that: they’re reports, they’re speculation and no decision has been made at this point.”
Car producers are already failing current targets, which are ratcheting up to 2030. There has been criticism by environmental types of proposals to cut the mandate targets. Anyway, Burnham’s playing Can Football somewhere over there…
Burnham previously recused himself from EV decision-making because his wife worked as chief marketing officer of Iduna Infrastructure, parent company of Manchester-based electric vehicle charging network Be.EV. Why can’t the PM back cutting the target?
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”