“For nearly two decades, the United Kingdom has led the way in tackling climate change, initially with the Climate Change Act in 2008 and again in 2019 when we became the first G7 country to legislate to get to net zero by 2050. “The path to a prosperous, secure and electable future for the Conservative Party lies in building on our achievements, not abandoning them. Speaking to Sky News on Thursday, Ms Coutinho argued that the Climate Change Act forces politicians to make decisions that make Britons poorer. Some of that is because of the Climate Change Act, which creates this very rigid budget and makes ministers choose these decisions, which are going to make them poorer. “Climate change is real but Labour’s laws tied us in red tape, loaded us with costs, and did nothing to cut global emissions.