UK green recovery: 'government stuck in past' warns Labour

Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband says Conservatives are allergic' to required intervention

Public investment is desperately needed to kickstart a green economic recovery in the UK, but the government is stuck in the past and reluctant to make the interventions needed, Labour has warned.

Ed Miliband, shadow business secretary, told the Guardian: We need a proper green stimulus. Governments all around the world are recognising that if you want to do the transition [to net zero carbon emissions] governments need to step up. But this government is incredibly reluctant to do what is necessary."