Sunak to focus on carbon capture and mini-nuclear reactors in energy policy

PM says energy security strategy will launch ‘shortly’ after plans reworked to meet net zero commitments

An energy security strategy will be launched “shortly”, Rishi Sunak has promised, with a focus on ramping up carbon capture and small modular reactors to develop homegrown energy and meet net zero commitments.

Ministers have been forced to rework their plans after a ruling by the high court last July. It found the government’s net zero strategy was unlawful due to a breach of the 2008 Climate Change Act, given the document did not outline how climate policies would meet legally binding carbon budgets.