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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

HISTORICAL FACTS: Conservative party to ditch commitment to net zero in uk by 2050 - The Untold Story

Kemi Badenoch speaking at a lectern
Kemi Badenoch addressing a Centre for Policy Studies conference on Monday, where she talked abou making Britain ‘great again’. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA

Kemi Badenoch is dropping her party’s commitment to reaching net zero by 2050, as she launches the Conservatives’ widest policy review in a generation.

The Tory leader will give a speech on Tuesday in which she will argue that hitting Britain’s legally binding climate target is “impossible”, abandoning one of the most significant policies enacted by her recent predecessor Theresa May.

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