Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and deputy leader Richard Tice announced their economic and renewable energy policy, including a windfall tax on renewable energy companies and a ban on farmers who install solar panels on their land from claiming inheritance tax relief. They argue that this will raise £10 billion, enough to cut energy bills by £350 a year, and prevent a conflict of interest between food production and the renewables industry. However, critics warn that the party's stance on climate change could alienate voters.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and deputy leader Richard Tice at the press conference setting out their approach to the economy and renewable energy.They included a windfall tax on renewable energy companies and a ban on farmers who build solar panels on their land from claiming inheritance tax relief.
“The British people need to know there is a direct link between the cost of all these subsidies to the vested interests in the renewables industry and your bills, your cost of living,” Tice said. “The danger for Reform has always been that they listen to their very active online base who have very different views from the pool of potential voters that would grow them into a potential party of government.“Majorities in every single UK constituency say they are worried about climate change. It is no longer the fringe liberal metropolitan issue. Do a focus group for Red Wall voters they’ll talk about worries for their kids and fossil fuels meaning reliance on ‘mad men like Putin’.
Sam Hall, director of the Conservative Environment Network, said: “Reform’s statist plan to put new taxes and red tape on British energy would cause household bills to skyrocket and pull the rug on energy firms.
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