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Kemi Badenoch accused of breaking pledge to Tory MPs of net zero by 2050

MPs claim during her 2022 party leadership campaign she promised them she was committed to green targets

The Guardian - UK

What the papers say – March 23

A range of stories lead Sunday’s front pages.

Evening Standard

Davey: ‘Disdainful’ Badenoch thinks fixing church roofs is beneath her

Her comments reveal the Tories’ ‘disdainful thinking’, the Lib Dem leader will say in a speech to his party’s spring conference.

Evening Standard

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Government ‘absolutely up for the fight’ over net zero, Ed Miliband says

Exclusive: energy secretary says 2050 target is imperative, and accuses opposition of betraying of future generations

The Guardian - UK

Farage called suspended Reform MP’s behaviour ‘disgusting’ in private texts

Row comes as Techne’s latest weekly tracker poll has shown the Tories level pegging with Reform for the first time in two months amid claims Farage’s party is ‘imploding’

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the Conservative party today: still lost in denial and confusion

Editorial: Kemi Badenoch has her first chance to persuade the voters on 1 May, but she seems to be getting nowhere

The Guardian - UK

Kemi brings little cheer to toxic Tories bracing for tough local elections

Party leader lowers members’ expectations as far as she dares at election warmup event in the shires

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Revealed: London boroughs dominate league table of cheapest council tax bills in England

Wandsworth, Westminster and City of London are least expensive areas

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch Sounds Alarm on ‘Emergency Budget’ as Keir Starmer Defends Labour’s Tax Raid

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has taken aim at Sir Keir Starmer over Rachel Reeves’ decision to hike employers’ National Insurance contributions from 13.8% to 15%.

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Tories facing ‘extremely difficult’ local elections, Badenoch warns

The Tory leader was defiant about the threat from Reform UK, urging voters to remember ‘you will have to live with what you vote for’.

The Independent UK

Tories could lose all councils won in 2021 if general election voting repeated, admits Kemi Badenoch

The Tory leader was defiant about the threat from Reform UK, urging voters to remember ‘you will have to live with what you vote for’

Evening Standard

Tories and Reform UK must agree pact before next election if Labour could win, shadow minister says – as it happened

Greg Smith says parties on the right will ‘have to play nice’ if there is a chance of Labour winning the next election

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch’s attack on net zero is ridiculous. But so were the right’s Brexit claims, and look where they left us

The run-up to 2016 shows ‘common sense’ isn’t enough. Even ignorant, reactionary arguments must be properly countered, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage Explodes at Kemi Badenoch Over Fiery Net Zero Speech

The debate over net zero has taken a dramatic turn, with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch now declaring that the UK’s 2050 target is "impossible."

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Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves not expected to make tax changes at spring statement

It is understood that changes to the tax regime are not expected next week.

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch to pledge better services with Tory local elections launch

Voters across a number of county councils and unitary authorities in England will go to the polls on May 1.

The Guardian - UK

Factcheck: Kemi Badenoch’s claim that net zero is ‘impossible’ by 2050

Tory leader provides no evidence to support position that flies in face of expert reports and her own words

The Guardian - UK

A defeated KemiKaze offers less opposition than Starmer’s own MPs

All the fight seems to have gone out of the opposition leader, but mood on Labour’s backbenches is frosty over benefit cuts

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Evening Standard

New freeze on income tax thresholds in 'emergency Budget' not ruled out by Keir Starmer

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch challenged the PM on tax ahead of next week’s Spring Statement

Evening Standard

Starmer fails to repeat commitment not to extend freeze on income tax

In the autumn budget, Rachel Reeves decided not to extend the freeze on the thresholds at which people start to pay different rates of income tax.

The Guardian - UK

Despite poor polling and local election fears, Tories find reasons to be cheerful

There is one very tangible reason for the current outbreak of good spirits: Conservatives know things could be worse

Evening Standard

Badenoch slams ‘celebrity’ Farage as she scraps Tory net zero 2050 pledge

The Conservative leader’s criticism of her political rival came after she said it was time to ‘get real’ about reaching the UK’s 2050 net zero target.

The National (Scotland)

Energy expert: Kemi Badenoch's net zero claim 'total rubbish'

KEMI Badenoch's claim that net zero is impossible to achieve by 2050 has been branded "total rubbish" by an expert at a top Scottish…

Evening Standard

May hits back at Badenoch, saying net zero by 2050 ‘challenging but achievable’

The former prime minister set the UK’s legally binding net zero emissions target by 2050 during her time in No 10.

Evening Standard

Miliband accuses Tories of ‘Wacky Races’ approach as he defends net zero agenda

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch believes it is ‘impossible’ to reach net zero emissions by 2050 without hitting living standards.

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