{"id":79738,"date":"2025-01-22T07:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=79738"},"modified":"2025-01-22T07:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:28:07","slug":"starmer-goes-full-on-trump-by-trying-to-see-who-can-burn-the-planet-fastest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/01\/22\/starmer-goes-full-on-trump-by-trying-to-see-who-can-burn-the-planet-fastest\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer goes full-on Trump by trying to see who can burn the planet fastest"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, Trump announced that he was abandoning the Green New Deal. He has now cancelled nearly $300bn of planned US green spending<\/a>, including support for onshore and offshore wind. He would rather burn carbon.<\/p>\n

The same attitude is being seen here in the UK. As Bloomberg<\/a> has reported:<\/p>\n

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Keir Starmer\u2019s government is preparing to approve controversial expansions to three London airports as part of a push to spur growth that\u2019s become more urgent this month after international markets cast doubt on the credibility of the UK\u2019s economic plans.<\/p>\n

Ministers are set to publicly signal support for a long-sought third runway at Heathrow, sign off on plans to bring the second strip at Gatwick into full-time use, and allow an increase in the capacity at Luton Airport, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked for anonymity discussing plans that haven\u2019t been finalized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Tories hesitated on this issue, knowing that there is no way in which promoting more airport use - which is solely for the purpose of encouraging overseas holidays and which might very well be bad for UK tourism as a result - was consistent with our legally binding objective of net-zero by 2050.<\/p>\n

If we are to achieve that essential goal, the last thing we need is more airport capacity. But that is what Labour is offering.<\/p>\n

It would seem as though the race to burn the planet is on.<\/p>\n

I despair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday, Trump announced that he was abandoning the Green New Deal. He has now cancelled nearly $300bn of planned US green spending, including support
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