Net Zero…jobs
BUSINESS Secretary Jonathan Reynolds insists Net Zero dogma surrounding decarbonisation shouldn’t mean de-industrialisation.
The problem is that it already does.
GettyThis disastrous policy has already damaged British industry after Vauxhall and Ford say it has forced them to axe thousands of jobs[/caption]
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds insists Net Zero dogma surrounding decarbonisation shouldn’t mean de-industrialisation – but it already does
And unless there’s a major rethink in Government, it might get worse.
A possible U-turn on fines for car manufacturers for failing to sell electric cars is welcome.
But this disastrous policy has already damaged British industry.
Vauxhall and Ford say it has forced them to axe thousands of jobs.
Other car-makers have already pulled EV production out of Britain.
This dangerous self-harm has become typical of the green groupthink.
Government hails the shutdown of the UK’s last blast furnace steel plant, while China burns millions of tonnes of coal to make the steel used in wind turbines that are sold back to us.
We are already a world leader on climate action so why are we throwing our own workers on the scrapheap?
The green jobs and growth miracle remains a self-sabotaging mirage.
Thinking cap
THERE is no doubt the Tories let down voters hugely by losing control of immigration.
A decade of broken promises to keep numbers in the low tens of thousands ended with net migration last year topping 740,000.
Kemi Badenoch is right to apologise for that failure. And she is entirely correct that fresh ideas are now needed.
Britain is full. Our public services are stretched to breaking point.
And on the day a Labour MP called for potentially divisive new blasphemy laws, the new Tory leader was spot on with her warnings about protecting British identity and culture.
Kemi will now develop new policies, as she reviews every aspect of the legal framework governing migration, including the ECHR and Human Rights Act.
Crucially, she will impose a hard cap on migrant visas and look at the benefits which are being paid out.
After scrapping the Rwanda scheme without any alternative deterrent, Labour does not have the public’s trust.
If Kemi can come up with a blueprint which does genuinely take back control of our borders, the prize could be huge.
Her speech yesterday was a bold start.
End this abuse
THE Sun has campaigned for years for better support for those suffering domestic abuse.
Only a third of incidents ever end in conviction.
That’s why ministers are right to allow victims to apply for restraining orders from any court – not just criminal ones.
A five-year jail sentence for breaching it should act as a further deterrent.
We hope this empowers those enduring abuse to come forward — and saves lives.
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