Kemi Badenoch has defended her plan to scrap world-leading climate legislation which has been criticised as a “catastrophic mistake” by Tory former prime minister Theresa May.
The Conservative Party leader said it was “nonsensical” to stick with the Climate Change Act, which was brought in by the last Labour government in 2008 and committed the UK to cut climate emissions by 80% by 2050, with five-yearly carbon budgets to keep the country on track towards the goal.
