Government's emissions target the minimum we should aim for - Ed Miliband

"We welcome the important strengthening of the 2030 UK target. But we believe this is the minimum we should aim for. Our goal should be to go further and faster, cutting the significant majority of emissions in this decisive decade, which is the right way to lead in creating the climate jobs of the future and keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees.

"As we move to this higher target, it is clear there is now a yawning gap between the government's aspirations and its policies to deliver them. The Government didn’t have the policies to meet their previous target and the chasm will be even greater now.

"So now we urgently need a plan with the policies to tackle the climate emergency and to do so in a way that creates jobs and is fair. That should start with a £30bn stimulus to be invested in a green recovery over the next 18 months to tackle the unemployment crisis we face and kick-start the measures necessary to tackle the climate crisis."