UK consumers have been warned that there bills could increase (Image: Getty)

       Brits could face higher energy bills as a result of the UK's new "reset" deal with the EU, Sir Keir Starmer has been warned. It is thought that the new understanding will limit Britain's ability to change its Net Zero rules as the Prime Minister has agreed to be looped into the continent's carbon market. This ties the UK to the EU's climate laws, including increasing pollution charges, ensuring any future Government will find it harder to get around green targets without triggering trade punishments, according to The Sun.

       The Conservative Shadow Energy Secretary Andrew Bowie said the link-up “leaves the door wide open for higher energy bills and new taxes on transport”. He added on X: "Emissions Trading Scheme Alignment agreement will see the UK sign up to a cap, and therefore carbon price, AT LEAST as high as the EU's (increasing costs to UK industry) ...with an "appropriate financial contribution" from the UK in return..."

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       Ex-Brexit negotiator Lord Frost wrote online: “Want to weaken our Net Zero commitments? In future, only if the EU says so.”

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