US EditionTories Vow to Scrap the Climate Change Act
The UK Conservative Party plans to replace the Climate Change Act with a focus on cheap, reliable energy, arguing the Act increased costs without cutting global emissions, critics warn of risks.
- On September 02, 2025, Kemi Badenoch, Conservative Party leader, announced the party will scrap the Climate Change Act, saying it `tied us in red tape, loaded us with costs, and did nothing to cut global emissions.`
- Badenoch argues emissions regulations burden British households and harm growth, framing the policy as prioritising `cheaper energy` amid volatile global gas prices and the cost-of-living crisis.
- Historically, the Climate Change Act was first passed in 2008 as a legally binding framework and strengthened in 2019 by Theresa May to commit to net zero by 2050, boosting renewables to over half of UK energy.
- Campaigners and industry chiefs responded sharply, warning the repeal would deter clean-technology investment and cause economic harm, with Ed Miliband calling it an `economic disaster` and betrayal of future generations.
- Experts warn repealing the Act would set the United Kingdom back years in green policy and innovation, worsen climate impacts, and be judged harshly by current and future generations in the coming years.
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