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Argues grid connection speed is crucial for industrial decarbonisation and growth, contrasting populist VAT cuts on household electricity with less attention to reforms that speed up grid access for businesses and new generation.
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Argues grid connection speed is crucial for industrial decarbonisation and growth, contrasting populist VAT cuts on household electricity with less attention to reforms that speed up grid access for businesses and new generation.
The Fabian Society argues that the broad political consensus in favour of tackling climate change has weakened, noting past Conservative commitments such as net zero legislation, coal phase‑out and ending new petrol and diesel car sales.
Climate extremes this summer—heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and crop damage—have shifted public perception; the Fabian Society argues urgent policy action is needed to address the accelerating impacts of global heating on the UK and Europe.