Tory environmental group issues warning over Labour's green plans

Conservative Environment Network director Sam Hall said: “Environmentalists should welcome the ambitions of the new government to decarbonise further. Indeed, pro-growth planning reforms for clean energy are a welcome removal of state-imposed barriers to private enterprise.

"But the Labour government risks taking a more expensive route to net zero with some of the ‘big state’ legislation, potentially undermining long-term support for climate action.

“Conservative governments delivered the fastest decarbonisation in the G7 by unlocking private investment. But GB Energy risks crowding out private capital, wasting taxpayers’ money, and duplicating existing government bodies. Market-based solutions - such as competitive auctions, private investment in the grid, and a liberalised planning regime - would get clean energy built at lower cost."

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