Reform pledges to ditch climate commitments

Responding to the Reform UK’s Great Repeal Bill, which would scrap net zero commitments, Friends of the Earth’s head of policy, Mike Childs said:

"Scrapping UK climate action won’t build a better Britain or reduce energy bills - it will sell off our children’s futures by locking the country into expensive, volatile and polluting fossil fuels.

“If Reform truly wants to back Britain, they should back the UK’s vast homegrown renewable power – alongside a nationwide programme of home insulation – which would deliver real energy security. Solar and onshore wind are now far cheaper than new gas or nuclear, cutting bills as well as emissions.

“Communities across the country are already paying the price of the climate crisis through increasingly severe floods, storms and droughts.

“The only winners from rolling back climate action are polluters, billionaires and the vested interests cashing in on fossil fuels. Everyone else is left to foot the bill.”

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