Conservative Party

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

Greens predict they are on course for record-breaking nights, but Reform grab headlines with by-election and mayoral victory

The government's net zero strategy is accelerating, regardless of what anonymous sources keep suggesting to the contrary

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: March 2025

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'

Uncertainty surrounds Conservatives' commitment to net zero, as former PM joins Shadow Cabinet Minister Robert Jenrick in attacking UK's 2050 climate goal

The government has taken a raft of positive steps to try and escape the Conservatives' economic doom loop, but Heathrow expansion represents a gamble that could quickly backfire

The victory of the self-styled 'net zero sceptic' suggests the UK is entering a new period of climate politics