Leading UK charities urge PM to seek green recovery from Covid-19

Group of 57 organisations says bailouts must be on condition of firms reducing carbon footprint

The chiefs of some of Britain's leading charities have written to the prime minister to demand a green recovery" from the coronavirus crisis, urging him to use economic rescue packages to build low-carbon infrastructure and spur the creation of long-term green jobs.

The group of 57 charities representing 22 million members called for any bailouts to be subject to strict conditions so that companies receiving state help in the Covid-19 crisis would have to meet low-carbon targets, and for all elements of any economic recovery package to be subject to a test to ensure they were in line with the UK's target of reaching net zero emissions by 2050.

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