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Renters could be allowed to demand that landlords give them access to electric vehicle charging, under plans being considered by the Government.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will also consult on requiring charge points in new covered car parks as part of reaching its net zero target.

The Government said: "We will consult on empowering renters and leaseholders to install home chargepoints more easily, including requiring chargepoints in new covered car parks and cutting red tape for cross-pavement solutions.

"We will also work with Ofgem and industry to ensure that public electric vehicle charging costs are fair and transparent, and that tenants using landlords' domestic chargepoints are protected from excessive charges."

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband was legally required to publish the plan after the High Court last year ruled that the previous climate plan was unlawful, with a judge finding a lack of evidence that policies outlined were sufficient to meet legally binding climate targets.

Most of the carbon budget delivery plan unveiled on Wednesday features policies that are not new.

Instead the plan includes measures that Labour has already announced since it came to power last year as well as some policies it inherited.

Sam Hall, the Conservative Environment Network's director, said: "The carbon budget delivery plan offers nothing substantially new to make vital climate action more effective. As the costs of climate change impacts become ever clearer, we desperately needed a new approach that married decarbonisation with cheap energy and economic prosperity, yet Miliband has doubled down on his deeply counterproductive strategy.

"The ideological GB Energy and the unnecessary 2030 clean power mission will simply waste public money, damage competition, and drive up electricity prices, undermining electrification and climate action as a whole. The repeated delays to the Warm Homes Plan shows the government is not serious about electrifying heating and tackling sky-high energy bills. Additionally, the plan undermines the vital role farmers play in climate action by failing to protect the budget for the Environmental Land Management schemes from inflation.

"By continuing its statist and expensive approach, the government is alienating voters from climate action."

Under the new plan, the Government has ruled out introducing a ban on gas boilers.

Instead, ministers will aim to support households to switch to low carbon heating - such as heat pumps - by ensuring these technologies are the natural consumer choice.

Mr Miliband said he has put clean energy and climate action at the heart of the government's agenda since coming to power last year "because we know it is the route to making the British people better off".

He added: "This is about delivering better lives for people today - from warmer homes and cleaner air to cheaper transport and increased access to nature - as we tackle the climate and nature crises to protect our home for future generations.

"It would be negligent to leave our children and grandchildren to face energy insecurity and climate breakdown. By providing clarity and certainty on how Britain will seize these opportunities, this plan will help unlock the investment we need in clean energy, jobs and growth at home. And it will strengthen our position as a climate leader so we can push others internationally to take the action needed to avoid disaster."