7 days ago · Birmingham
Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Birmingham. The first report grouped here was at 9 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet.
Story timeline
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- First reported by The Guardian UK
Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
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- The Guardian