Ministers are clueless on the cost of Boris Johnson’s green plan, MPs say

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CLUELESS ministers have no idea how much the PM’s green plans to go net zero will cost ordinary Brits, a report by MPs warns today.

Scathing MPs accused No 10 of burying its head in the sand over the sheer scale of the bills.

Clueless ministers accused No 10 of burying its head in the sand over the sheer scale of the PM’s plan to go net zero

The greenhouse gas emissions 2050 target is still far too light on detail, the Public Accounts Committee says.

It wants to know the true cost to struggling families.

MPs fear net zero will force bills even higher when millions face soaring costs of food and energy.

Ministers have yet to say how they will replace the £20billion fuel duty after the switch to electric cars, or whether eco-taxes for tech such as wind farms will whack consumers.

And they have no idea how much it will cost everyone to go fully green, MPs say.

Committee chair Dame Meg Hillier said: “The Government has unveiled a plan without answers to the key questions.”

Committee chair Dame Meg Hillier said: ‘The Government has unveiled a plan without answers to the key questions’

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