AN MP has tabled a motion in Parliament calling for Cumbria coal mine plans to be axed.

South Lakes MP Tim Farron has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) in Parliament calling on the Government to ditch plans for a new deep coal mine in Cumbria.

The EDM warns that the building of the new mine jeopardises the UK’s goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and implores the Government to incentivise steel manufacturers to adopt and innovate low-carbon production methods, including hydrogen direct reduction and electric arc technology.

Mr Farron said: “Opening a coal mine which produces 8 million tonnes of CO2 every year is a betrayal of younger and future generations who will have to live with the devastating environmental effects of it for decades to come.

“If the Government cares about protecting the environment and showing international climate leadership in the year that Britain hosts COP26, it must stop the building of this mine.”