Reform Manifesto vows to 'scrap net zero' and issue new fracking licenses

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Party claims ditching all net zero policies and axing clean energy subsidies would save £30bn a year

The Reform Party has today published a manifesto that promises to "scrap" all the government's net zero targets and policies, arguing the UK "must not impoverish ourselves in pursuit of unaffordable, unachievable...

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