In addition, she announced a nearly £22bn investment in two major new carbon capture schemes over 25 years. She criticised plans she inherited from the previous government to cut

Government pledges £22bn for carbon capture to boost growth and cut emissions - The funding over 25 years aims to help develop ‘carbon capture’ clusters in Teesside and Merseyside.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the separation and capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the emissions of industrial processes.

The UK government will announce support for two carbon capture and storage projects on Friday as part of a drive to invest £22bn in the sector over 25 years. The two projects are the HyNet scheme, which would capture emissions from factories and power plants in north-west England and north Wales and store them under the seabed in Liverpool Bay;