The installation of an electric vehicle charging point will be mandatory in England in new constructions and as part of "major renovations" from 2022, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday.

The government hopes that 145,000 new charging points will be created each year thanks to the new regulations, as the UK has set a 2030 ban on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles in the country.

Boris Johnson was speaking this Monday morning in front of British business leaders at the annual conference of the CBI employers' organization, judging that "the pandemic", "the supply chain problems" or even "the prices of the 'energy' and 'labor shortages' still weigh on the UK economy.

The United Kingdom towards a third industrial revolution?

The British Prime Minister notably called for a "green industrial revolution", to help the British economy to rebound after the pandemic but also to keep its promise of a rebalancing between the south and the north of the country.

“There are limits to what the government can do,” added Boris Johnson, however, assuring that the private sector is the “real engine of growth”.

The United Kingdom had brought together investors and multinationals at the end of October for a summit aimed at financing its "green revolution", for which it set itself the objective of attracting 90 billion pounds of private investment. 'by 2030. The obligation to build new terminals for electric vehicles will apply in England "from next year" to the construction of "new houses and buildings such as supermarkets or workplaces" as well as for buildings undergoing "a major renovation", specified the services of the Prime Minister in a press release.

Bruised businesses in the north

The government specifies that it has so far supported the construction of “more than 250,000” recharging points at home and at workplaces. A little over a week after the end of the COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, at the end of which he recognized a certain "disappointment", Boris Johnson again announced on Monday a loan program for SMEs and renewable energy projects.

After having "suffered for a long time from deindustrialisation", the United Kingdom can rebound thanks to "emerging industries, especially in the field of biotechnology, space and cybersecurity", said on Monday Tony Danker, CEO of the CBI . Hydrogen, wind power, electric vehicles: the UK's goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 "creates a unique opportunity for UK industrial centers to be at the forefront of this new industrial revolution", he said .

But if the companies “wholeheartedly share” the desire to rebalance the country, the government's new rail strategy, announced at the end of last week and which notably provides for the abandonment of a section of high-speed line to the north- east of the country, must be improved according to him.

The decision has "bruised" businesses in the north of the country, criticized Tony Danker, calling on the government to find "a better way".

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