US EditionKemi Badenoch vow to axe Climate Change Act ‘catastrophic mistake’ – Theresa May
Kemi Badenoch argues repealing the Climate Change Act will lower energy costs and boost growth despite criticism from Tory peers warning it risks UK’s global leadership and investment.
- Tory leader Kemi Badenoch announced plans to repeal the Climate Change Act , which committed the United Kingdom to cut climate emissions by 80% by 2050 with five-yearly carbon budgets.
- Speaking to Sky News on Thursday, Claire Coutinho, shadow energy secretary, said the Climate Change Act forces ministers into choices that make British households and businesses poorer, harming adoption of electric vehicles and home heating.
- The Climate Change Act underpinned tens of billions of pounds of private sector investment, and last year the clean energy economy grew three times faster, supporting nearly a million jobs.
- Senior Conservatives and critics responded after Theresa May called the plan a `catastrophic mistake`, with Lord Alok Sharma warning it risks investment and jobs and Ed Miliband calling it `desperate` and an `economic disaster`.
- Critics warned scrapping the law would upend 17 years of cross-party Westminster consensus and a poll showed 37 per cent of Conservative voters would not back a party abandoning net zero, risking marginal constituencies and younger voters.
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Kemi's Pledge to Repeal the Climate Change Act Must Be Just the Start – The Daily Sceptic
Kemi Badenoch's pledge to repeal the Climate Change Act – which commits the UK to Net Zero – must be just the start of the dismantling of the Westminster Uniparty consensus on climate catastrophism, says Ben Pile.
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Kemi Badenoch vow to axe Climate Change Act ‘catastrophic mistake’ – Theresa May
The Tory former prime minister strengthened net zero targets while in office.
Tories at war over Badenoch’s plan to axe Climate Change Act as Theresa May brands it a ‘catastrophic mistake’
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailGet our free View from Westminster emailTheresa May has condemned Kemi Badenoch’s pledge to scrap landmark climate legislation if the Tories win the next election, warning it would be a “catastrophic mistake”. The former prime
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