Kemi Badenoch

Tory leader drops backing for tax introduced under the last Conservative government and calls for new oil and gas licenses to be issued

As leading lights of the Conservative Party struggle to advocate for ambitious UK leadership on net zero, where should right-leaning environmentalists look for their new political home?

Bristol Central MP confirms she will 'hand over the baton to the new leadership team in the Autumn'

Greens and Lib Dems enjoy strong showing, but Nigel Farage dominates headlines on a night that saw major advances for the populist and climate sceptic right

Conservative Environment Network unveils paper that aims to inform Kemi Badenoch's policy review, following Party's controversial decision to ditch support for UK's net zero target

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: March 2025

Treasury confirms National Wealth Fund’s economic capital limit is to be increased from £4.5bn to £7bn, as Kemi Badenoch's decision to oppose UK net zero target sparks fresh criticism

The Tory leader has just torched the political consensus on ambitious climate action - the electoral calculus is likely to prove as deeply flawed as the economic analysis behind the move

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 to argue that reaching net zero by 2050 is 'impossible', prompting critics to accuse her of 'abandoning science and voters' and 'giving up on the economic opportunity of the century'