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delivers wider benefits – for fuel poor households, for the local economy, for the environment and biodiversity, as well as the provision of green jobs and skills.” Accordingly, over the past few years the government at Westminster has given greater emphasis to the role of local and combined authorities in delivering on net zero targets, with the creation of the Local Net Zero Forum and five Local. [...] For example, Westminster Council raised £1m via a CMI to deliver local green projects such as the installation of solar PV and heat pump technology.14 Again, however, the impact of these approaches can be compromised by the lack of statutory duty for local and combined authorities to deliver climate action and the desperate state of local government finances, which leave the revenue generated liab. [...] Lancaster Council has a Green Skills Group which works with manufacturers, contractors, the local college, local authority and local businesses to increase the green skills available in the area, as they recognised that to deliver climate action they need to improve the local skills base. [...] The partnership will also seek to roll out the Community-Led Energy Planning methodology to different communities in Oldham and explore how the wants and needs of people in Oldham can be met through the commercial joint venture and the Partnership. [...] Our places, our planet 16 Having identified the barriers, the recommendations below outline the changes needed from the government at Westminster to enable local and combined authorities to deliver climate action at the scale and pace required.