Sunak's pivot

Why the Prime Minister decided to weaken the UK's net zero strategy.

Back in July, British prime minister Rishi Sunak started hinting that, perhaps, the UK’s net zero policies were a bit too much for the public to handle. While he claimed “net zero is important to me,” Sunak also did not want to “hassle” voters with more costs in the middle of a cost of living crisis and an inflation boom.

Inflation in the UK has exceede…