Manufacturers are being left in limbo as they wait anxiously to hear the confirmation that Labour will reinstate the 2030 deadline to ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles, one year after the Government shelved net zero plans. Last year, on September 20, 2023, former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the Government would seek a “new approach” to net zero measures. As part of this, he rolled back a handful of environmental goals, most notably the decision to delay the deadline to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035. He said that expected the “vast majority”…
