Energy, Environment, & Agriculture

Expensive energy is holding back the UK's potential. We also are not independent in our energy and food supply, and our British nature is not in the best possible condition. Our policies to address this are:

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• Changing the electricity pricing system from marginal pricing to reflective pricing by expanding CfDs using Ofgem.

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• Streamline automatic approvals for the construction of sustainable energy infrastructure with viable planning to ensure grid connections.

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• Investment in hydroponics and vertical farming to increase the amount of food produced in the country, produce food we usually couldn't, and reduce reliance on imports.

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• Invest in rewilding ecologically valuable British green land to promote biodiversity, bringing back the British landscape and providing green jobs. Increase protected landscapes and pursue re-introduction of native species.

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• Invest in nuclear Small Modular Reactors distributed across the UK.

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• Reform standing charges to not penalise low-income households.

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• Investment in grid connections to handle higher electricity generation.

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• Ban trail hunting, snare traps, and breeding puppies for medical testing.

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• End confinement systems in farming, including colony cages for hens and farrowing crates for pigs.

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• Mandate humane slaughter for fish.

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• Ban electric shock collars.

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• Use agricultural regulations and trade standards to ensure that animal products are of the highest welfare standards.