Conservative former prime minister Theresa May has criticised Kemi Badenoch’s plan to scrap world-leading climate legislation as a “catastrophic mistake”.
Tory leader Ms Badenoch announced plans to repeal 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.
