Migration minister Mike Tapp accuses Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf of ‘snowflakery’The Conservatives used to be seen as the party of business. But that relationship was ruptured by Brexit, when the Tories backed a policy seen as highly damaging by mainstream business opinion, and it has not really recovered. There is fresh evidence today because the CBI, a leading business organistion, has said that scrapping the Climate Change Act would be a “backwards step” that would “damage our economy”.In a statement, Rain Newton-Smith, the CBI director general, said:The scientific reality of climate change makes action from both government and business imperative. Scrapping the Climate Change Act would be a backwards step in achieving our shared objectives of reaching economic growth, boosting energy security, protecting our environment and making life healthier for future generations.The Climate Act has been the bedrock for investment flowing into the UK and shows that decarbonisation and economic growth are not a zero-sum game. Businesses delivering the energy transition added £83bn to the economy last year alone, providing high-paying jobs to almost a million people across the UK. The UK’s climate governance and the cross-party consensus that has underpinned it has shaped long-term contracts to deliver renewable energy, investment in green technologies and our international leadership in decarbonisation. Continue reading…

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