Sam Hall, director of the Conservative Environment Network (CEN), had a different take.
“In terms of policy, I think the government is actually getting on with a lot of the nuts and bolts of what it needs to do on net zero,” he said. “One example I would highlight is the work they’ve done on the grid – which is the single biggest barrier to building more renewable energy projects and decarbonizing our electricity system.”
But he accepted that “where there has been a bit of a rollback… is on rhetoric” and that there’s “less emphasis on green issues”.
Naturally, with the economy only just emerging from a technical recession, it’s understandable that a government facing dire poll ratings might look at attempting to ease the financial burden on people as an easy win.
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