The apparent lack of leadership and coordination on environmental tax measures, mirrors findings in our recent reports examining how the government is organised to deliver environmental goals. In our February 2021 report, Achieving government’s long- term environmental goals, we found that Defra had not shown that it had the clout to lead the rest of government.73 While in our March 2021 report, Achieving Net Zero, we found that government did not have a coordinated plan for net zero by 2050 ...

The apparent lack of leadership and coordination on environmental tax measures, mirrors findings in our recent reports examining how the government is organised to deliver environmental goals. In our February 2021 report, Achieving government’s long- term environmental goals, we found that Defra had not shown that it had the clout to lead the rest of government.73 While in our March 2021 report, Achieving Net Zero, we found that government did not have a coordinated plan for net zero by 2050 despite setting the target almost two years ago.74 66 Q 54 67 Qq 24, 54 68 Qq 21–22; C&AG’s Report, para 13 69 C&AG’s Report, para 13; Department for Env Type: conclusion | Number: 35 | Response status: not_addressed