‘Net Zero Leviathan’ Could Crush Businesses, Warns Minister

A “Net Zero Leviathan” of central government diktats would crush the UK’s enterprise economy, the energy secretary has warned. Claire Coutinho told audience members at the Innovation Zero conference in London on Tuesday that centralised directives would result in an “ever-increasing and narrowing sets of targets, where government dictates outputs and prices.” “We face a fork in the road and the first path is one that I don’t want to take us down,” the minister said, describing a “Net Zero Leviathan of central planning” which “crushes our brilliant enterprise economy.” She said that even if the alternative market-driven path could mean living with “some uncertainty,” it would allow the UK to “tackle emissions whilst also making sure we can keep the lights on and costs low for British families and businesses.”...