Taxpayers face £39million-a-year Net Zero bill after council pays out on just ONE pothole claim: 'Shocking!'

“Taxpayers face £39million-a-year Net Zero bill after council pays out on just ONE pothole claim: 'Shocking!”

A local authority has been told it could need £39million a year of taxpayers' cash to achieve its ambitious Net Zero targets by 2030. Carmarthenshire Council took huge strides towards its environmental goals in 2025/26, reducing emissions by 12 per cent in just 12 months — the largest annual fall since the Covid-19 pandemic. But the Plaid Cymru administration aims to be Net Zero on all emissions by 2030, which, according to a recent council report, could cost £39million per year. While the…