- The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee recommended that the UK government drop the term net zero from official department branding and key communications.
- MPs on the cross-party panel stated the phrase has become a lightning rod for opposition to climate action amid rising cost-of-living pressures.
- The report highlighted that political consensus has fractured, with parties like Reform UK and the Conservatives pulling back from climate targets.
- Committee member Graeme Downie argued energy policy must focus pragmatically on lowering consumer costs, boosting innovation, and creating jobs.
- Energy minister Martin McCluskey defended the transition as vital for national security, though he conceded the government needs to improve its messaging.
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