Tories fighting net zero plans are dragging climate into new culture war, experts say

More than half members of Net Zero Scrutiny Group were also in group that promoted Brexit vote, as fears grow for UK's green agenda

• It's all a bit cynical': the politicians behind the Tory attack on net zero agenda

A group of Conservative politicians and their allies are on the frontline" of a new climate war and are attempting to derail the government's green agenda, according to claims by leading climate scientists.

Tory MPs and peers in the Net Zero Scrutiny Group (NZSG) have gained widespread media coverage in the past month, attempting to link the government's net zero agenda to the cost-of-living crisis and calling for cuts to green taxes and an increase of fossil fuel production.