Good morning on a day when the the UK government is setting out details of what Boris Johnson has described in an interview as a “big bet” on wind power.
Johnson is also announcing £9.7bn of new overseas investment in the UK, creating 30,000 additional jobs, at a major business summit on Tuesday, Downing Street has said.
Ministers have meanwhile unveiled plans for £5,000 grants to allow people in England and Wales to install home heat pumps and other low-carbon boiler replacements as part of a wider heat and buildings strategy that some campaigners warned lacked sufficient ambition and funding.
Labour also condemned the plans as “more of Boris Johnson’s hot air”, without sufficient substance.
It’s expected to be a policy heavy day in which we’ll hear more about the government’s plans for new nuclear power plants, carbon capture technology and storage schemes, as well as new targets for manufacturers to produce electric cars.
Johnson said in an interview with Bloomberg:
We are making a big bet on wind power, on hydrogen, on electric vehicles, on gigafactories, on carbon capture and storage, all those things…
Obviously, the green bet comes in a shade of blue. Johnson added that the government would be setting out the regulatory framework “to encourage the private sector to come in, in the way that they are …”
Here is just some of the agenda today:
• 9.35 am Boris Johnson speaks at a Global Investment Summit, alongside business leaders including Bill Gates.
• 10.15 am Cabinet to meet at the Science Museum.
• 10.45 am Industry bodies including the Road Haulage Association and British Chambers of Commerce give evidence to the Commons business, energy and industrial strategy committee on supply chain issues.
•11.30 am Troubles victims hold Westminster event calling for the rejection of UK government’s plan for a statute of limitations on future Troubles prosecutions.
•Noon Department for Education to publish latest pupil attendance figures.
•1.00 pm Institute for Government panel event to discuss the forthcoming spending review.
•1.30 pm Attorney general Suella Braverman to address the Public Law Project annual conference.
•2.45 pm DCMS minister Julia Lopez to give evidence to the Lords Communications and Digital Committee on the future of Channel 4.
Alongside this, Westminster is still reeling from the killing of the Conservative MP Sir David Amess, as he continues to be remembered, and a debate about the security and accessibility of MPs continues.
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