Keynote interview: Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice in discussion with UW editor-in-chief James Wallin

19 May 2026
Utility Week Keynote Stage

Reform UK has radical plans for the energy industry, if elected – nothing short of scrapping net zero targets, ditching heat pumps and the mandated shift to electric vehicles and rolling out fracking and a new generation of gas and nuclear. They’ve also raised the prospect of bringing water, and other key utilities, into part-public ownership.

Join this session to hear how these proposals would be implemented in practice and what they could mean for the utilities sector. 


Chair
James Wallin, Editor - Utility Week

Speaker
Richard Tice MP, Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness and Deputy Leader - Reform UK

Chairperson
James Wallin
James Wallin, Editor - Utility Week
Speakers
Richard Tice MP
Richard Tice MP, Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness and Deputy Leader - Reform UK