Greater Lincolnshire’s new mayoral authority has come under fire over plans to spend £74,000 on new offices.

Ineos owner urges policymakers to reform net zero taxes or risk ‘irreversible decline’

Firms led by deputy Reform UK leader since 2011 have shown commitment to saving energy and cutting CO2 emissions * UK politics live – latest updates He never seems to tire of deriding “net stupid zero”, but Reform UK’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, has a 15-year business record of support for sustainability and green energy initiatives. The Reform party has made opposition to green energy and net zero part of its policy platform. Its founder, Nigel Farage, has called net zero policies a “lunacy”; the party has called to lift the ban on fracking for fossil gas; and one of the first Reform-led councils, Kent, rescinded last month its declaration of a climate emergency. Continue reading...