Kemi Badenoch pledges to fully axe carbon tax if Tories regain power

Kemi Badenoch has said the Tories would axe the carbon tax (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Conservatives have pledged to fully axe the carbon tax if they get back into power.

The party had already proposed removing the tax as it applies to electricity generation, but now say they would go further and fully scrap the carbon tax regime, the cost of which they say is burdening British industry.