Kemi Badenoch Pledges to Fully Axe Carbon Tax if Tories Regain Power

Kemi Badenoch pledges to ditch carbon levies 'killing British industry'

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to ditch carbon levies that are “killing British industry”. The Carbon Tax regime is aimed at reducing industrial emissions. But with some companies paying more on the levies than on salaries, industry leaders warn it is simply driving business abroad. The Conservative leader argues it is “madness” to reach Net Zero targets by weakening the UK's industrial base and says axing the tax will help “reverse decades of deindu…

Kemi Badenoch pledges to fully axe carbon tax if Tories regain power

The Tory leader said she would get rid of the emissions trading scheme which was brought in by a Conservative government in 2021.