Campaigner claims ministers do not have legal right to alter timeline of carbon budget pledges at will

Chris Packham has filed a high court legal challenge to the UK government over its decision to weaken key climate policies.

The broadcaster and environmental campaigner has applied for a judicial review of the government’s decision to ditch the timetable for phasing out petrol and diesel powered cars and vans, gas boilers, off-grid fossil fuel domestic heating and minimum energy ratings for homes.

  • @Risk@feddit.uk
    5•7 months ago

    Is there any movement to try and force an election? We’re all just sitting here, letting these arseholes continue to fuck up the country.

    • ReCursing
      3•7 months ago

      Sadly afaik there is literally no way to legally force an early election if parliament won’t do it, and that means whoever has a majority

      So yeah, lots of desire, no ability to do so

      • @Risk@feddit.uk
        1•7 months ago

        Good lord, we so desperately need electoral reform.

        So fucking disappointed that’s now absent from Labour policy.