Leadership of council pledges to make Milton Keynes the 'greenest city in the world'

    The new Labour-Lib Dem coalition behind Milton Keynes Council has pledged to make the city the 'greenest in the world'.

    This bold pledge was announced today (15/6), ahead of the brand new council plan that is set to be approved at tomorrow's (16/6) Full Council meeting. 

    The new leadership, which have dubbed themselves The Progressive Alliance, have announced five key priorities as part of the plan. These are: 

    A Fair and Prosperous Economic Recovery, Doing the Essentials Well, Building Better Communities, Tackling Child Poverty and Supporting Children and Young People and Taking Action on Climate Change.

    In a bid to make Milton Keynes the "greenest city in the world", Milton Keynes Council will work to tackle climate change by reducing carbon, increasing biodiversity and supporting sustainable transport across the city.

    The coalition is also planning to open the city’s first all-through, zero-carbon school. In addition, the council will continue developing the dial-a-bus service to ensure the city's economic recovery "is a green one", with a focus on green jobs and industries to help meet the target of making Milton Keynes carbon neutral by 2030.

    Cllr Jennifer Wilson-Marklew, Labour Progressive Alliance Cabinet Member for Climate and Sustainability said: “Making MK carbon neutral by 2030 has been a target of the Council for the last three years and by working together the new Progressive Alliance will continue to work and innovate to meet this target."

    Cllr Robin Bradburn, Liberal Democrat Progressive Alliance Cabinet Member for Economy, Recovery and Renewal added: “Taking action on climate change is a cross-cutting issue and as we look to the future and our recovery from the COVID-19 crisis I’m delighted to be making a commitment to ensure our economic recovery is a green one."

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