'Now is not the time to delay': Over 400 businesses urge prime minister not to weaken climate policies

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : Now is the time for action.
48% : The letter - backed by Nestle, IKEA, Brunel, Aviva Investors, E.ON, and many other CEOs, including the bosses of a host of trade bodies and campaign groups - warned that diluting policies designed to accelerate the rate of home insulation, roll out green heating technologies and enable the transition to electric vehicles would undermine British competitiveness.
45% : "Sudden changes to policies and targets like this are damaging to the very investment we need to fund the move towards net zero and jeopardise the economic benefits and opportunities this transformation could bring in terms of jobs, growth and greater prosperity to all parts of the country," she said.
44% : "The prime minister also talked about the cost to households but it cannot be emphasised enough that what has hit people in the pocket hard over the last 18 months - through record energy bills, the resulting effect on inflation and the cost-of-living - has been the cost of oil and gas," she said.
29% : We are already losing investment to the US and EU, and rowing back would make it worse.

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