Local authorities face “Kafkaesque” barriers to achieving Net Zero goals, reveals a comprehensive new UK100 report. Powers in Place calls for a new Net Zero Local Powers Bill and Net Zero Delivery Framework. The report is released as UK100 joins Chris Skidmore MP’s Local Mission Zero Network and announces plans to work together to drive forward policy solutions to overcome the barriers to local Net Zero.

UK100's Interim Chief Executive, Jason Torrance, responds to the Government’s new air quality strategy, and the associated 10-day consultation.

This week Sheffield became the latest city to implement a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) to tackle an estimated 500 deaths a year related to air pollution in the city.

Responding to the latest air quality statistics release from Defra, which reveals illegal levels of PM2.5 pollution across the UK, UK100’s Interim Chief Executive, Jason Torrance, calls for Ministers to finally listen to local leaders and experts to tackle the toxic crisis.

UK100's report argues that Birmingham, Camden, Hertfordshire, Leeds and Nottingham are leading the way on integrating climate and clean air policies but Ministers' "refusal to recognise the importance of joined-up policy making" is stalling wider progress.

This is an edited version of Polly's foreword from UK100's 2022 Annual Review.

Responding to the government's new environmental targets, Jason Torrance, Assistant Chief Executive of UK100, says lives will be cut short by the lack of air quality ambition.

At UK100, we are working closely as possible with Chris Skidmore MP on the Net Zero Review. Here is our submission to the call for evidence.

A round-up of the media coverage of the launch of UK100's Local Net Zero Delivery progress report, including the comment articles written by local leaders from across the country.

June has been a busy time of clean air action and advocacy. Here is a round-up of what UK100 has been working on throughout the month.