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Evening Standard
David Lynch

Ministers should prioritise cheap power not net zero, Tories to say in speech

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch and and shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho during a visit in March (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government should prioritise cheap energy over decarbonising Britain’s power grid, senior Conservative Claire Coutinho will say.

The shadow energy secretary will lay out her party’s case for planning to ditch net zero in a speech on Wednesday.

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