Kemi Badenoch warns that the UK’s net-zero target by 2050 is a “fantasy” that could bankrupt the country.

Keir Starmer plans to unveil drastic benefit cuts despite growing opposition from Labour MPs and campaigners. Economists warn of significant impacts on claimants.

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has said the UK’s 2050 net zero target, a legally binding commitment established by a previous Conservative government, is “impossible.” Badenoch argued that achieving net zero by 2050 would necessitate “a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us,” but did not offer an alternative plan.

The UK government is set to announce significant welfare reforms today, aiming to reduce welfare spending by approximately £5 billion annually. These measures are part of an effort to address rising welfare costs, which are projected to surpass £100 billion by 2030.

Almost all the UK newspapers lead on the story, focusing on different angles from political turmoil within the party, to potentially pushing the poor into poverty.

Semisonic has publicly condemned the White House for using their song “Closing Time” in a video accompanying the controversial deportation of Venezuelan gang members.