UK opposition party reverses course on Net Zero

  • Gas
  • March 18, 2025

The leader of the UK opposition Conservative Party – which was in power six years ago when Net Zero was enshrined into law – has made a dramatic u-turn on decarbonisation under a policy renewal programme launched today.

imageParty leader Kemi Badenoch accused the UK’s Labour government of “mistaking press releases about GB Energy for actual solutions” and said plans for Net Zero by 2050 “are impossible”.

“The real reason no one in their government is talking about a proper overall plan is that they know it would reveal just how catastrophic the actual costs will be for families, for businesses, and for our economy,” she said.

Badenoch argued that sustainability costs would mean businesses paying much more than they already are for energy, so the country’s industrial base and manufacturing businesses would be further weakened. “It will mean our economy losing out on exploiting our own natural resources in the North Sea, while being saddled with ever greater debt.”

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