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
Oil price rises sharply to over $116 a barrel on back of latest threats of military action from President Trump, as Tories launch new pro-drilling campaign
Latest analysis from Cornwall Insight warns businesses have already seen gas costs rise by nearly 60 per cent, further strengthening the business case for renewables
Industry on course to hit the regulatory target for 28 per cent of UK car sales to be electric in 2025, ECIU analysis suggests
Conservatives warn UK is facing growing security threat from authoritarian states, but critics argue undermining investment in the net zero transition will only exacerbate security threats
Kemi Badenoch says a Tory government would axe 'well-meaning but ultimately destructive' plan to end the sale of new internal combustion engine cars from 2030
Kemi Badenoch launches campaign 'to get Britain drilling again', as Labour slams 'same failed Tory energy policy that caused the worst cost of living crisis in a generation'
BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: October 2025 part one
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
Sam Fankhauser from the University of Oxford warns the Conservative's plans to ditch the Climate Change Act could prove a political, environmental, and economic own goal