‘Green’ cabinet meeting to take place in South West today

A ‘green-themed’ cabinet meeting is set to take place in south-west England today.

Ministers will meet with the Prime Minister for the first time since his post-conference holiday, for which he faced sharp criticisms amid rising energy prices and the approaching COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.

The cabinet meeting, which would usually take place at Number 10, will focus on green investment.

In a statement today, the government said there has been £5.8 billion of investment either already landed by the UK or committed which would create or secure 56,000 jobs, since the Prime Minister laid out his ‘10-point plan’ for a greener economy last November.

In light of these figures, the Prime Minister said: “These new figures are yet more evidence that going green means creating high quality jobs across the United Kingdom.

“We are at the forefront of seizing these new opportunities, supported by major Government investment and a British zeal for innovation and commerce.”