UKFarage backs Net Zero Watch’s calls to cancel AR7 contractsNigel Farage put cheap energy at the heart of his newly launched economic agenda this week. As part of his plans to reduce the cost of energy bills, Farage singled out AR7 and said they would lock the UK into high electricity prices for 20 years. He said: “We have given notice to those companies [wind developers and investors] that if' we’re in government we will scrap those [AR7] contracts.” ACTION: contact your MP today by using our very simple online tool and clicking on this link here. Maurice contributed a piece to Matthew Goodwin’s Substack analysing Nigel Farage’s energy plan and highlighting our campaign to stop AR7. Conservatives launch their Cheap Power Plan and declare an Oil & Gas EmergencyThis week Claire Countinho launched the Conservative Party’s Cheap Power Plan. Coutinho posted this useful video as part of the campaign. It sets out a clear path to cut electricity bills by 20 percent by removing unnecessary carbon taxes, ending long term subsidy contracts and halting the latest offshore wind auction. Elsewhere, Kemi Badenoch has declared an oil and gas emergency and launched a campaign to “get Britain drilling again”. Reeves considers cuts to green leviesThe Guardian reports that Rachel Reeves is considering cutting green levies in an effort to bring down the cost of bills. The Chancellor is hoping her focus on reducing energy bills will help bolster Labour’s slump in the polls, dent the appeal of Reform UK and mitigate the impact of widely expected tax rises in the autumn budget. Starmer concedes that the “climate consensus is gone” at COP30Sir Keir Starmer has admitted that the “consensus is gone” on climate change, and that cross-party unity has splintered both in Britain and globally, in a speech to the Cop30 summit in Brazil. UK climate aid scam exposedStarmer’s attendence comes as news has emerged that taxpayers are spending £200m on an international “climate aid” scheme to help some of the world’s biggest companies achieve Net Zero, despite civil servants admitting it could be seen as “greenwashing”. EV drivers to be stung with pay per mile chargingElectric vehicle drivers will be hit with a new pay-per-mile tax in the Budget, under current plans, to be announced by the Chancellor on Nov 26, drivers of electric cars will be charged 3p per mile on top of other road taxes.
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