Dan Peters 12 November 2026

Exclusive: LGA shelves statutory climate duty

The Local Government Association (LGA) has shelved work on a statutory climate change duty for councils after opposition from Reform UK and Conservatives, The MJ can reveal.

It comes as the annual United Nations climate talks kicked off this week and despite an LGA report saying last year its ‘headline position' would be for local authorities to be handed ‘statutory backing, sufficient funding and robust support to lead on climate action'.

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