"Keir Starmer's government has shown a lack confidence that it has the answers to the country's problems, the mayor of London has said, as he called on the chancellor to back green investment in this month's budget. Speaking on the eve of a summit of world mayors in Rio de Janeiro, Sadiq Khan said the Treasury should be more supportive of the energy secretary Ed Miliband in his pursuit of the government's target of an 81% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035."
"[The public] can smell somebody who's inauthentic. And I think you should be authentic. People respect somebody if you're authentic. There are people who voted for me in the last mayoral election who may not agree with Ulez but they respect the fact that I have got good intentions, but I also explained to them why we're doing the ultra low emissions zone, the fact that in London we've got thousands of premature deaths."
"We've got children with stunted lungs forever, adults with a whole host of health issues, from asthma to cancer to heart disease to dementia. And we showed this policy works, and so people who are originally offside then became on side. It's not about out-reforming Reform, or out-greening the greens. It's about understanding what our north star is and then delivering and being, you know, true to who we are."
The mayor of London urged the chancellor to prioritise green investment in the upcoming budget and called for Treasury support for the energy secretary's target of an 81% greenhouse gas reduction by 2035. He argued that the government appears lacking in confidence and clarity about its purpose after 15 months in office. He asserted that authenticity matters and that the public will reward governments that counter claims linking net-zero policies to higher living costs. He defended the ultra low emissions zone by citing thousands of premature deaths in London and long-term child lung damage, arguing that demonstrated health benefits win public support.
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