“Net zero by 2050 is impossible,” Badenoch will say, according to remarks briefed in advance by her party. “Anyone who has done any serious analysis knows it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us.”
The UK won’t be able to transform its economy to net zero by 2050, according to Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, in a break with the consensus held by Britain’s main parties.
Britain doesn’t have a workable plan to reach the emissions goal in the next quarter-century, and current policies are serving only to drive up consumer energy costs, Badenoch is due to say on Tuesday in a speech. The only way to regain the trust of voters is to tell the “unvarnished truth”, she’ll say.
