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Committed to net zero by 2050 and to meeting the UK’s international commitments on emission reduction for 2030 and 2035. Committed to action on climate change. *<\/p>\n\n","quote_1":"\"The Climate Change Act is central to Britain\u2019s prosperity, security, global reputation and is crucial to the fight against both climate change and nature degradation. Repealing it would be a reckless backward step.\" ","quote_1_date":"02.10.2025","quote_1_url":"https:\/\/www.andrewforlabourwrexham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Letter-to-Kemi-Badenoch-02102025-2.pdf","quote_1_url_label":"Co-signatory on joint letter.","quote_2":"\u201cThere are currently over 8,000 jobs in green industries on Teesside, with thousands more on the way in carbon capture, turbine manufacture, hydrogen and solar. This [Conservative and Reform plan to repeal the Climate Change Act] position is not only backwards, it would risk thousands of jobs and billions of pounds of investment in our region. While they stay stuck in the past, we are powering ahead with the industries of the future.\u201d ","quote_2_date":"05.10.2025","quote_2_url":"https:\/\/lukemyer.uk\/luke-myer-mp-stands-up-for-teesside-green-jobs-at-risk-from-tory-reform-policies\/","quote_2_url_label":"lukemyer.uk","what_can_you_do_call_to_action":"\n

*Last updated on 16.12.2025. The MP’s office has been contacted to verify this information but has not yet responded. If you are a constituent, please contact your MP to ask whether this is an accurate representation of their views. Please let us know how they respond at Climate.Election@lse.ac.uk . 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