Labour declares environment and climate emergency

Labour has declared a “national environment and climate emergency” amid growing pressure on ministers to take drastic action to preserve the planet.

The move comes after dozens of councils made similar announcements and children across the country skipped school in protest over perceived government inaction on climate change.

Peter Dowd MP said “it’s time for a green industrial revolution, we are living in a climate crisis that will spiral dangerously out of control unless we take rapid and dramatic action now.”