Net zero to cost UK around £4billion each year, climate advisers warn

But the Conservative Environment Network (CEN) warned that Labour’s energy policies “leave little chance of achieving the Climate Change Committee’s vision”.

Sam Hall, director of CEN, said: “The government’s statist approach will only make electricity more expensive by squeezing out competition and paying whatever it takes to hit their arbitrary 2030 clean power target.

“It risks exacerbating our nation's woes, holding back our nation and net zero.”

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