Energy & net zero

How fast Britain cuts carbon emissions, what it costs, and who bears the cost. Parties are ordered left to right by our placement on the spectrum, and each line is the position in brief.

1. 

   Green

   Zack Polanski

   10.6%

   £90bn a year capital spending; water, rail and energy in public hands

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   Capital spending raised by £90bn a year by 2030, of which more than £70bn goes to the green transition. Water, rail and energy companies would be taken into public ownership.

   Check itWhat are the Green Party's economic plans?, Economics Observatory

   -8

2. 

   Labour

   Andy Burnham

   26.1%

   Strip policy leviesi from bills, worth about £130 a year

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   Removing policy leviesi from energy bills, worth roughly £130 a year to a household, at a cost to the taxpayer of about £3.2bn a year.

   Check itAndy Burnham's main policy pledges, Yahoo News

   -3

3. 

   Lib Dems

   Sir Ed Davey

   10.3%

   End sewage discharges by water companies

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   Ending sewage discharges by water companies has been the party's most prominent environmental campaign.

   -2

4. 

   Conservative

   Kemi Badenoch

   20.3%

   Repeal the Climate Change Acti; net zeroi by 2050 unreachable

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   Repealing the Climate Change Acti. Badenoch argues net zeroi by 2050 cannot be reached "without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us".

   Check itNet zero by 2050 'impossible', says Badenoch, BBC News

   +3

5. 

   Reform

   Nigel Farage

   22.9%

   Scrap net zeroi targets; return to North Sea gas

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   Scrapping net zeroi targets outright and "rehabilitating" North Sea gas as a primary energy source, framed as the fastest way to cut household bills.

   Check itPolicies, Reform UK

   +6

6. 

   Restore

   Rupert Lowe

   4.4%

   No current published position located. This may mean the party has said little on the subject, or that we have not found what it has said. We would rather show the gap than fill it with inference.

   +7

5 of 6 parties have a position we could source on this. A blank row may mean the party has said little, or that we have not found what it has said.