Long-awaited plan aims to expand electric car use and windfarms and commits £120m to new nuclear plant

The UK government has set out its long-awaited strategy for reaching net zero emissions, with a plan ministers said would create up to 440,000 jobs and “unlock” £90bn in investment in the next decade, most of it from private sector companies.

But experts and campaigners said the proposals did not go far enough and were under funded, while the government would continue to support fossil fuels.

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