The UK shelled out a record amount in subsidies to renewables last year, according to Net Zero Watch. The green energy cash gush under the Contracts for Difference scheme—designed to prop up low-carbon electricity generation—has smashed through 2020’s eye-watering £2.3 billion record, with the figure for 2024 likely to hit £2.4 billion. Meaning Britons are being charged £20 million per day under this one scheme alone…
Net Zero Watch director Andrew Montford didn’t hold back, asking: “How much more pain does the Government think the public and the economy can take?” Meanwhile, the OBR forecasts more renewable schemes, including the Capacity Market and Warm House Discount, are set to blow past records in 2024–25 too. This comes as bill payers forked out nearly £1 billion last year to pay wind farms to switch off because the national grid couldn’t handle the load. Red Ed ignoring Trump’s breezy wisdom to “open up the North Sea” and “Get rid of Windmills”…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”