Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error

October 9, 2026 · 6:00 am 1 sources

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• Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
  The Guardian · October 9, 2026 06:00
  Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a…