step change

Research fellow Dave Hawkey said: "The parliament's recognition of a climate emergency in 2019 was not matched by a step change in policy. Instead, timid piecemeal initiatives crowded out more ambitious ideas."

"The summit is a step forward, not a step change," he says, "A slight deepening of the trade ties, rather than something dramatically new."

She noted that there is due to be radical reform of the size and functions of NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care to "drive the government's reform priorities" and that the "step change required" would be best served by new leadership.

Michael Shanks, the Minister of Energy, said the previous subsidy arrangement had allowed Drax to make "unacceptably large profits" and that the new deal would be a "step change in value for money and sustainability".

"I look forward to seeing these changes help to deliver a step change in the pace of infrastructure delivery in the months and years ahead."