UK public should get ‘people’s dividend’ in drive to hit green targets

Landmark report proposes free public transport, more green spaces and cash for home improvements

The British public should be given a people's dividend" worth billions of pounds as part of the national drive to hit targets for net zero carbon emissions and the restoration of nature, according to the most detailed blueprint to date for a green transition.

Free public transport, more green spaces and money for improving homes are at the core of a landmark report that proposes one of the greatest advances in the fairness agenda since the creation of the NHS.