The PM trumpeted ‘a recording … admitting that their plans will cost hundreds of billions’. Was it fair to do so?
over immigration and tax. Sunak came armed with a new attack line over the cost of Labour’s net zero climate plans, but does it stack up?The recording of Labour’s Darren Jones, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, at a public event in March 2024 had been published by the
Jones’s comment that the UK would need to invest “hundreds of billions” to reach net zero is not in dispute. Yet the way it was characterised by Sunak was hugely misleading.” that Sunak, along with newspapers and other Conservative politicians, has used to mislead voters about the “cost” of net zero.
Sunak next misled viewers by omitting the wider economic benefits that would be delivered by taking action on climate change.found that an accelerated shift towards net zero “could boost the UK’s economy by £240bn in 2050 more than current trajectories”. It said this accelerated shift could increase GDP in every part of the country, by between 5.4-7.5% in 2050 compared with the UK’s current path.
Yet the evidence suggests that the UK investing hundreds of billions of pounds to reach net zero would be money well spent. Compared with what? The wider economic benefits of taking action – and the avoided cost of climate inaction.
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