'The price will be electoral oblivion': Green groups respond to Kemi Badenoch's attack on net zero targets

James Murray
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'The price will be electoral oblivion': Green groups respond to Kemi Badenoch's attack on net zero targets

The Conservative leader has declared the UK's net zero by 2050 target "impossible", sparking fury among climate campaigners, business groups, and some of her own party

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has today officially dropped the Party's support for the legally-binding net zero target her predecessors adopted in government, declaring the goal "impossible" to reach...

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