Labour will drop ‘unaffordable’ net zero policies, predicts Reform’s deputy leader

Richard Tice says voters will turn on government unless energy bills fall

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Labour will back down on its policies aimed at achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions, the deputy leader of the Reform has predicted.

Richard Tice, the energy spokesperson for Reform and MP for Boston and Skegness, told the Guardian his party would withdraw from the 2015 Paris agreement that tries to limit global heating to 1.5C.