Overview

• Kemi Badenoch said a Conservative government would replace the Climate Change Act with a strategy focused on cheap, reliable power and abolish the Climate Change Committee.
• She argued the law drives up energy bills, imposes red tape and forces unaffordable decisions, citing policies such as biomass subsidies and heat pump targets.
• Energy Secretary Ed Miliband condemned the proposal as a desperate move that would be an economic disaster and a betrayal of future generations.
• Energy UK, the CBI and other groups warned repeal would scare off investors, threaten jobs and weaken energy security by removing the legal bedrock for decarbonisation.
• Some senior Conservatives, including former COP26 president Alok Sharma, cautioned that scrapping the act risks investment, UK leadership and the party’s electoral prospects.