UKGBC Reacts to the King's Speech

Chief Executive Smith Mordak responds to the King's Speech and the plans laid out by the new government.

Smith Mordak, Chief Executive Officer at the UK Green Building Council, said:

This feels like a seismic shift towards renewing the places we live, work and play – putting living standards and climate and nature centre stage after years of damaging drift.

Labour now needs to head-off a national bun-fight over green belts and new developments. A neat solution already has momentum – legally wedding the planning system to both the Climate Change and Environmental Acts, so every planning decision pulls in the right direction. This is backed, not just by the green NGOs, but much of the building industry, big banks and the House of Lords. Labour voted to link to the Climate Change Act in opposition, bringing it into law now could be the master stroke they need.”

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