UKMiliband adopts target to slash emissions by 2040Government formally tables legislation in Parliament to adopt Seventh Carbon Budget goal to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions to 87% below 1990 levels by 2040. READ OUR CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR’S RESPONSE TO THE CARBON BUDGET HERE Sir Dieter Helm calls for a radical rethink of UK energy policyIn a long essay, Sir Dieter Helm argues that UK energy policy is failing in its core purpose of delivering affordable and secure power. In response, the UK’s leading energy economist argues that Britain needs a radical new approach, including repeal of the Climate Change Act, an end to legally binding carbon budgets, a renewed role for domestic gas, and an electricity market built around firm power rather than intermittent generation. Helm also rejects claims pushed by the renewables lobby that challenging the AR7 and AR8 CfDs, Richard Tice and Reform’s policy, would destroy Britain’s credibility with investors. Senior Ministers agree with Blair’s Net Zero analysisOne of Starmer’s closest political allies, Pat McFadden, privately backed Tony Blair’s criticism of the government’s North Sea and net zero policies, newly released files have revealed. Union members defect to ReformTrade union members are now as likely to support Reform UK as Labour, according to “damning” polling that their own leaders say proves “the working class have abandoned” Sir Keir Starmer’s party. Union bosses blame Labour’s Net Zero policies. Burnham wavers on Net ZeroAndy Burnham has insisted he has an “open mind” on drilling for more North Sea oil and gas in the latest about-turn of his campaign. The Mayor of Greater Manchester said he did not have “a fixed position” as Ed Miliband faces pressure to scrap a ban on new licences. Mr Burnham’s new-found openness to drilling suggests he is now distancing himself from some of the Energy Secretary’s net-zero agenda, which has angered the unions, whose support could prove pivotal in an upcoming Labour leadership contest.
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