A Pragmatic Net Zero Policy
Slow and Restructure Net Zero
Day 12 · Proposal 11 · 3 min read
Keep Net Zero as a long-term ambition, while taking a slower, pragmatic and technology-neutral approach to the transition.
Explore the Manifesto
Forty proposals, published one at a time. Released proposals can be read in full; unreleased proposals are listed so the shape of the programme is visible from the start.
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Slow and Restructure Net Zero
Day 12 · Proposal 11 · 3 min read
Keep Net Zero as a long-term ambition, while taking a slower, pragmatic and technology-neutral approach to the transition.
Expand Nuclear Power. Strengthen Britain's Energy Security.
Day 13 · Proposal 12 · 3 min read
Manifesto 1.1 proposes a substantial expansion of Britain's nuclear generation capacity, using both new large-scale nuclear power and Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), alongside investment in nuclear research, grid resilience and fuel security.
Domestic Energy Security
Day 14 · Proposal 13 · 4 min read
Use Britain's domestic energy resources. Protect energy security during the transition.
Targeted support to make essential energy more affordable.
Day 15 · Proposal 14 · 3 min read
Targeted energy support for lower-income households. Make essential household energy more affordable for those who need help most.
No daily charge simply for being connected.
Day 16 · Proposal 15 · 3 min read
Abolish domestic electricity and gas standing charges while allowing genuine network and administrative costs to be recovered fairly through unit pricing, with regulatory scrutiny to prevent excessive pricing, disguised standing charges and profiteering.
The 40-day journey
Day 10 revisited Proposal 09 following public scrutiny. Day 11 introduced Proposal 10: Planning Reform. Day 12 introduced Proposal 11: A Pragmatic Net Zero Policy. Day 13 introduced Proposal 12: Nuclear Britain. Day 14 introduced Proposal 13: North Sea Oil & Gas. Day 15 introduced Proposal 14: Social Energy Tariff. Day 16 introduced Proposal 15: Abolish Energy Standing Charges. Day 17 introduced Proposal 16: Regional Investment Fund. Day 18 introduced Proposal 17: National Security. Day 19 introduced Proposal 18: The 21-Year Guarantee. Day 20 introduced Proposal 19: The 18–21 Military Route. Day 21 introduced Proposal 20: 18–21 Education and Training Bursary. Day 22 introduced Proposal 21: Britain’s Technology Mission. Day 23 introduced Proposal 22: A Four-Day Working Economy. Day 24 introduced Proposal 23: Britain: Open Seven Days a Week. Day 25 introduced Proposal 24: Weekend Banking. Day 26 introduced Proposal 25: Work and Independence Programme. Day 27 introduced Proposal 26: Reformed Capability Assessments. Day 28 introduced Proposal 27: Hardship Protection. Day 29 introduced Proposal 28: Compulsory Workplace Pensions. Day 30 introduced Proposal 29: £18,000 State Pension Safety Net. Day 31 introduced Proposal 30: Public Water. Day 32 introduced Proposal 31: Three Rehabilitation Super-Prisons. Day 33 introduced Proposal 32: Rebuild the Courts System. Day 34 introduced Secure the Border: one controlled and lawful process for registration, health and security checks, asylum decisions, refugee protection and the enforcement of final outcomes. Day 35 introduced Proposal 34: Rapidly Expand Detention Capacity. Day 36 introduced Proposal 35: Legalise and Regulate Recreational Cannabis. Day 37 introduced Proposal 36: Traffic-Light Taxation of Food. Day 38 introduced Proposal 37: Higher Taxation of Unhealthy Food. Day 39 introduced Proposal 38: Subsidise Healthy Food at the Point of Sale. Day 40 concluded the journey with Proposal 39: Healthy Food Fund & Manufacturer Reformulation. Journey days and proposal numbers are not always the same.
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