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8 May 2024
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Rishi Sunak is under pressure from almost 70 Conservative MPs to give schools a legal duty to publish materials used in sex education lessons after a judge ruled they did not have to for commercial reasons.
Rishi Sunak has become engaged in a row with the Climate Change Committee as the advisers claimed his watering down of Net Zero measures will increase the risk of Britain failing to meet its 2050 target.
TV naturalist Chris Packham is threatening legal action to prevent Rishi Sunak's watering down of Net Zero. But the Climate Change Act is so vague that this is highly unlikely to succeed, says Dr David McGrogan.
Banks are sticking to green pledges that will see thousands turned down for mortgages if they don't spend a small fortune making their homes more energy efficient, despite Rishi Sunak's climbdown on Net Zero.
Rishi Sunak’s popularity among Tory members has surged in the wake of his watering down of Net Zero targets, a survey has found. But will it be enough to stop the green fanatics in Labour gaining power in 2024?
Trump has backed Rishi Sunak over his decision to scale back Net Zero commitments, congratulating the PM for taking on "climate alarmists", as the issue is set to be a major battleground in the forthcoming elections.
The terrible truth is that even Sunak's mild watering down of Net Zero may be unlawful, says Allister Heath. The PM needs to change the law.
With news that private sales of electric vehicles fell last year and with the Prime Minister set to delay the looming ban on petrol vehicles, Patrick O'Flynn writes that you'd have to pay him to buy an electric car.
Rishi Sunak is poised to ditch the 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars and slow the phasing-out of gas boilers as he scales back costly green pledges.
Rishi Sunak is poised to reverse a long-standing ban on new onshore wind farms in a move to stave off a backbench rebellion over his controversial Energy Bill.
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