Prime Minister Burnham has abandoned two green levies pushed by former PM
Starmer, indefinitely shelving plans to bring waste incineration facilities and
domestic ports into the UK emissions trading scheme (ETS). The Department for
Energy Security and Net Zero said the ETS expansion will be suspended
indefinitely, and the Department for Transport said plans to charge ports for
at‑berth emissions under the ETS are also dropped. Officials cited growing
government concern that regulatory costs are adding to consumer prices and
worsening household living standards. Officials now plan to levy a carbon
emissions tax on shipping firms instead of port‑level ETS charges.
