Householders will be protected from high net zero bills

MINISTERS are "hardheaded" about protecting people from rocketing bills as the nation moves to net zero, the Energy Secretary says

- Steph Spyro

 Claire Coutinho creating jobs and ensuring the UK benefits from green investments is a priority.

Speaking at the COP28 environmental summit in Dubai, she said: "We are incredibly ambitious. We're further ahead than almost all of our international peers with decarbonising.

"But it's also really important that we're hard-headed about protecting households, and making sure we are thinking about how we use this advantage to bring in investment and create jobs."

Ms Coutinho "We added: have household finances at the of our That's why we made changes September shield households from the high costs of net zero.