Moderate Tories join greens to call for fossil fuel car ban by 2030

Centrists draw up report aimed at bringing the UK in line with official climate advice

A group of moderate Conservative MPs has joined green groups in calling for the government's ban on new fossil fuel vehicles to be brought forward by five years to 2030 as part of a plan to ignite a green economic recovery.

The recently reformed caucus of centrist Conservatives has called on ministers to accelerate the shift to electric vehicles as part of a comprehensive green policy report aimed at bringing the UK in line with the official advice of the government's climate tsars.