Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly…
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ImpactNotable 33/100
Why it mattersRule-based estimate: no strong signals; trust 8/10.
RegionsUnited Kingdom
Published4 h ago (Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:00:41 GMT)
RetrievedFri, 09 Oct 2026 08:00:29 GMT via rss
ClassifiedFri, 09 Oct 2026 08:00:37 GMT by heuristic
AuthorPeter Walker Senior political correspondent