Sir Keir Starmer’s Government must slash planning approval times for major infrastructure projects if the UK’s electricity network is to reach zero emissions by 2030, National Grid’s chief executive has suggested. John Pettigrew warned that hopes for decarbonising the grid over the next decade would quickly fade without an urgent shake-up of Britain’s planning processes. Mr Pettigrew, who is plotting …
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