The authority announced it was withdrawing a number of the policies earlier this year, with Gullis describing some as “political virtue signalling” and “the worst kind of groupthink”.
He said £11m had been saved as a result of cutting what he described as “net-zero nonsense” introduced under the Conservatives.
The council leader was questioned in the wake of a record-breaking summer in the UK, with five widespread heatwaves declared so far in 2026.
Gullis said he or Reform as whole did not deny climate change, but the UK was “responsible for 1% of global emissions” and other countries needed to take “drastic action”.
“As a borough council, we have a limited amount of power, resource and finance,” he said.
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