MPs endorse Corbyn’s call to declare climate emergency

Environment secretary calls for cross-party approach as Labour leader says vote can 'set off wave of action'

MPs have endorsed a Labour motion to declare a formal climate and environment emergency, with Jeremy Corbyn hailing the move as a necessary response to school climate strikers and groups such as Extinction Rebellion.

The Labour leader said the decision by the Commons to pass the motion without a vote "can set off a wave of action from parliaments and governments around the globe". Conservative MPs were told to not oppose the motion.