Rishi Sunak DENIES making up meat taxes, seven bins and car sharing laws after 'scrapping' them in net zero plans
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe Prime Minister insists 'very credible people' had discussed the possibility of a meat tax and compulsory car sharing before he 'ruled them out' in yesterday's eyebrow-raising speech.
Rishi Sunak this week revealed his latest environmental plans at a press conference on Wednesday (September 20). Among his controversial proposals to push back the ban on new petrol and diesel car sales by five years and a relaxation on rules about boilers and heat pumps, the PM listed a number of other measures he claimed to be 'scrapping'.
They included proposals on the number of passengers you can have in your car, measures to make houses have seven different bins, taxes on meat and flying abroad.
Mr Sunak said the proposals were 'unnecessary and heavy-handed' but, for many commentators and members of the public, it was the first time they had heard of them.
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