UKGBC responds to Conservative plans to replace the Climate Change Act 

Read UKGBC's response to the opposition's proposal to scrap the Climate Change Act.


This morning, the Conservative Party announced plans to repeal the UK’s landmark climate change law, proposing instead a new strategy focused on delivering “cheap and reliable” energy.

Simon McWhirter, Chief Executive at UKGBC, said:

Scrapping the Climate Change Act is an act of self-sabotage and replacing it with a fossil-fuel based strategy to deliver cheap energy and economic growth is pure fantasy.

Communities and households know it is gas that’s driven bills sky-high, and renewables are already the cheapest source of power we have.

The Conservatives should be proud of the foundational legacy they built, helping start the country towards to a safer, fairer, and more secure future, not walking away from it.

This move is regressive politics and rips-up 15 years of progress that has helped to keep bills down, unlock billions in private investment and made Britain a global innovator in clean industries.

The real route to energy security, affordable bills and thousands of skilled jobs lies in insulating homes, scaling up clean power, and building the industries of the future.”

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