It isn't easy being green: The UK's net zero trilemma (opens in new tab)

It isn't easy being green: The UK's net zero trilemma Audio sseth.drupal@c… 18 June 2026 In this episode of Independent Thinking, our experts discuss the decline of the cross-party consensus on net zero. Can Labour’s prized plans to decarbonize power generation by 2050 withstand growing demands for extra defence spending – an acrimonious argument that has already claimed two senior defence ministers? Or pressure to preserve and extend welfare benefits from the party’s left and the unions, man...