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Tories overstated net zero cost by nearly £500bn, report says
Original: Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Kemi Badenoch's flagship Conservative conference policy document put the cost of reaching net zero at £957bn — roughly twice the figure in the Climate Change Committee's own data. The Guardian reports the discrepancy looks like a spreadsheet error, inflating the total by almost £500bn, and critics are seizing on it to question the party's economic credibility.
Why now: A major opposition policy document appears to contain a costly data error, fuelling political rows over net zero ahead of the conference
Kemi BadenochConservative PartyClimate Change CommitteeThe Guardian
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- Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error · The Guardian
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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