Conservatives

As the wildfires rage, what passes for climate discourse on the right of British politics is plumbing depressing new depths

Greens declare era of two-party politics 'dead and buried', as local climate leaders warn gains by Reform could result in a roll back of decarbonisation policies

Labour and Conservatives endure sobering night, as collapse of two-party system continues to accelerate

Future plans for renewable energy are emerging as a key battleground ahead of elections to the Senedd on 7 May

Conservatives pledge to axe UK's carbon pricing regime, sparking warnings proposals would hit tax revenues, undermine investment, and trigger levies on exports to the EU

Latest poll puts Greens in second place, just two points behind Reform, as two party system continues to break down

UK Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus aims provide a forum in Parliament to champion climate and nature, resist division, and hold government to account on its environmental pledges

Director-general of Britain's largest business group warns calls to scrap the Climate Change Act and row back on clean energy risk 'undermining investment and undermining opportunity' in the UK

But conference speech provides no indication as to what promised strategy would entail, beyond support for new nuclear projects and reforms to curb electricity bills

Conservative Party unveils plans that suggest it would roll back the UK Emissions Trading Scheme and scrap the Carbon Price Support mechanism, the Renewables Obligation, and Great British Energy