{"id":27629,"date":"2025-04-17T13:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/27629\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:29:10","slug":"fury-as-keir-starmers-eu-net-zero-deal-to-threaten-brexit-freedoms-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/27629\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury as Keir Starmer’s EU net zero deal to threaten Brexit freedoms | Politics | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> has been warned that his plan to join an EU net zero scheme \u201cundermines\u201d Britain\u2019s Brexit<\/a> freedoms. The UK could link its own carbon credits scheme to Brussels\u2019 system as part of a plan to \u201cstrengthen ties with Europe\u201d.<\/p>\n

Critics claimed the move would push up the cost of producing electricity<\/a> from gas-fired power plants, which are the UK\u2019s second-largest source of power \u2013 ultimately adding to the costs faced by British industry and increasing household bills. Sam Hall, director of the Conservative Environment Network, said: \u201cIf the Government decides to align with the EU on carbon pricing, it will undermine our Brexit<\/a> freedoms, economic growth, and even our environmental<\/a> ambitions. We should retain our sovereignty to design a scheme that works best for the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrexit<\/a> has given us the flexibility to allow companies to reduce their carbon emissions in ways that benefit our economy and their bottom line. The UK desperately needs to plant more trees and grow our forests. If we keep an independent scheme and deliver the last government\u2019s proposals to include woodland, we could unlock more private finance for creating forests and restoring our green and pleasant land. By aligning with the EU, we will lose this opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the UK should retain sovereignty, we shouldn\u2019t abandon emissions trading schemes entirely. It is an important part of reducing emissions whilst growing the economy. It is a far more business-friendly and affordable approach to reducing emissions than restrictive red tape and bans.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister is planning to use a summit in May to align the UK and EU emissions trading schemes as part of his \u201creset\u201d with Brussels.<\/p>\n

Since Brexit<\/a>, when the UK launched its own emissions trading schemes, British carbon credits have been significantly cheaper than those in Europe, because the Government\u2019s cap on the overall quantity of emissions has been higher.<\/p>\n

Tory MP Nick Timothy warned that linking the schemes would cost British households an extra \u00a3112 a year in more expensive goods and electricity from gas-fired plants.<\/p>\n

He described the carbon credits plan as \u201cmindless Milibandism\u201d and said the Government should realise \u201cactions have consequences\u201d for voters.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Telegraph, he said: \u201cAnalysis shows that we could be heading towards an extra \u00a3112 on the cost of living<\/a> because of European alignment.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo long as policy races ahead of technology, this means higher energy bills, fewer jobs and weaker growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Government signs up for the EU\u2019s cap and trade scheme, then we will lose control and allow carbon prices to hit eye-watering levels. This is going back on what was promised to voters during the election.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sir Keir Starmer has been warned that his plan to join an EU net zero scheme \u201cundermines\u201d Britain\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,10596,5322,748,16677,2000,16676,299,5187,1699,4884,807,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-27629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-brexit-freedoms","10":"tag-brexit-news","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-carbon-credits","13":"tag-eu","14":"tag-eu-net-zero-scheme","15":"tag-europe","16":"tag-european","17":"tag-european-union","18":"tag-great-britain","19":"tag-keir-starmer","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114353547689248577","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}