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Boris Johnson's green agenda has hit yet another stumbling block amid growing fears within government that it will hit poorest households the hardest.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is thought to be leading push-back against Johnson's commitment to go net-zero by 2050, fearing it will spark a cost-of-living crisis with energy bills already on the rise and inflation spiking as Covid lockdowns ease.
Senior Tories fear the crisis could prove politically ruinous in so-called Red Wall seats in traditionally working class areas of the north that flipped blue from Labour at the 2019 election, handing Mr Johnson a landslide victory.
A Treasury review into the costs of meeting the net-zero 2050 goal has already been delayed twice from its original spring publication date.
According to the Sunday Telegraph, the delay is due to fears that analysis shows working class families bearing the heaviest share of the burden.
Boris Johnson's green agenda has hit yet another stumbling block amid growing fears within government that it will hit poorest households the hardest
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is thought to be leading push-back against Johnson's commitment to go net-zero by 2050, fearing it will spark a cost-of-living crisis with energy bills already on the rise and inflation spiking as Covid lockdowns ease
A source told the paper: 'Obviously, with anything like this, those with less money are going to be disproportionately hit more. That's common sense.
