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Badenoch Proposes Lifting 2030 Ban on Petrol Cars

12/14/2025

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Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative Party leader, proposes abolishing the 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars if her party wins the next UK election, due by August 2029.
She calls the current government's electric vehicle quotas economically harmful, saying they disadvantage the UK while benefiting China.
Her remarks followed a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who urged the EU to reconsider its ban.

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Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative Party leader, proposes abolishing the 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars if her party wins the next UK election, due by August 2029.
She calls the current government's electric vehicle quotas economically harmful, saying they disadvantage the UK while benefiting China.
Her remarks followed a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who urged the EU to reconsider its ban.