Rishi Sunak to deliver statement at Downing Street this afternoon
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe Prime Minister will deliver a speech today in Downing Street at 4.30pm. It comes after an emergency Cabinet meeting was called on Wednesday (September 20) on the first day of the Commons conference recess.
It is understood Rishi Sunak will announce a delay on the 2030 ban on petrol-hungry cars. He could also discuss the commitment to phase out gas boilers and announce a similar delay on that.
Last night, he failed to deny reports while Home Secretary Suella Braverman seemed to rewrite the government's climate targets, the Mirror reports. Read more: Andy Burnham says Labour WILL bring HS2 to Manchester after fears it could be dropped Tory peer Zac Goldsmith, who quit as Environment Minister in June, said: "Around the world, one of the few areas where the UK is really looked up to is on climate and the environment.
Today Sunak is dismantling that credibility, not by accident but by choice." He added: "His short stint as PM will be remembered as the moment the UK turned its back on the world and on future generations.
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