E.ON boss hits out at Sunak’s plan to row back on net zero policies

E.ON’s Chris Norbury said delaying some green targets to reduce pressure on cost household budgets during a cost of living crisis was a ‘false argument’. Photograph: Rob Arnold/Alamy

The boss of one of Britain’s largest energy suppliers has criticised the government’s plan to row back on net zero policies, including the planned phase-out of gas boilers, as a “misstep on many levels”.

Accusing Rishi Sunak of delaying the “vital work of transforming our economy”, the chief executive of E.ON UK, Chris Norbury, said there was no “green v cheap” debate. He said delaying some environmental targets to reduce pressure on household budgets during a cost of living crisis was a “false argument”.