UK politics: net zero strategy to support 440,000 jobs by 2030, says Greg Hands – as it happened
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This live blog is now closed. You can find out latest stories on the government's climate strategy below:
- UK government reveals net zero plan it says will create up to 400,000 jobs
- Minister hints at gas boilers ban but says market should drive change
- What are heat pumps and why is the UK government pushing them?
- Boris Johnson and Bill Gates strike deal to boost green technology
- UK forms green investment partnership with Bill gates - business live
A cross-party group of more than 137 parliamentarians, including 117 MPs, have called on parliament's pension fund to disinvest from Chinese companies accused of complicity in gross human rights violations or institutions linked to the Chinese state.
The signatories included the late Conservative MP Sir David Amess, in one of his last political acts before his death on Friday.
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