Tony Blair’s net zero stance ‘absolutely aligned’ with government policy, Starmer says

Keir Starmer has insisted that Sir Tony Blair’s stance on net zero is “absolutely aligned” with the policy of his Labour government.

In widely reported comments originally published in a foreword to a Tony Blair Institute (TBI) report, the former prime minister said that the current approach to hitting the target of net zero by 2050 was “doomed to fail”.

Starmer was prompted on these comments at PMQs on Wednesday afternoon, following a question from DUP MP Sammy Wilson.

Wilson said: “Does he not recognise that his net zero policy is not only bad, but it’s mad?

“And indeed his own former leader is now accepting this. Will he not accept the advice from someone within his own party, if he won’t accept advice from this side of the House?”

The prime minister responded: “If you look at the detail of what Tony Blair said, he’s actually aligned with what we’re doing here. These are the jobs and the security of the future.”

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