Culture secretary says potential ‘tweaks’ to levelling up bill will be considered because of MPs’ concernsUK politics live – latest news updatesMinisters will make an announcement on a ban on onshore windfarms in the coming days, including potential “t…
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U-turn on onshore windfarms likely after Tory rebellion
Culture secretary says potential ‘tweaks’ to levelling up bill will be considered because of MPs’ concernsUK politics live – latest news updatesMinisters will make an announcement on a ban on onshore windfarms in the coming days, including potential “t…
Read moreRishi Sunak searches for Tory compromise over onshore wind U-turn
PM is stuck between two wings of party and at risk of Commons defeat on pro-renewables amendmentRishi Sunak is scrambling to find a compromise on permitting onshore wind amid a growing backbench Conservative rebellion, though No 10 remains fearful of a…
Read moreRobert Jenrick says migrants with diphtheria symptoms will no longer be dispersed around country – as it happened
Immigration minister confirms 50 cases of diphtheria linked to Manston asylum accommodation. This live blog is closedA House of Lords committee has delivered a withering assessment of the measures in the autumn statement for adult social care.Jeremy Hu…
Read moreFormer Tory chair joins rebellion over Sunak’s onshore windfarm ban
Jake Berry is latest senior MP to urge prime minister to amend de facto block on new projects in EnglandRishi Sunak is embroiled in a growing rebellion over his ban on new onshore windfarms as the former Conservative chairman Jake Berry became the late…
Read moreJohnson and Truss join rebels against Sunak keeping new onshore wind ban
About 20 Conservative MPs want to end longstanding de facto block on new wind farms in EnglandBoris Johnson and Liz Truss have joined a growing Tory backbench rebellion against Rishi Sunak’s refusal to allow new onshore wind projects in England, in ano…
Read moreLabour would ditch Tory ban on new onshore windfarms, says Starmer
Exclusive: Leader says easing planning curbs would be part of its plan to tap economic potential of wind powerA Labour government would rip up the planning rules restricting the expansion of onshore windfarms as part of a plan to make the UK a clean en…
Read moreSunak claims role as ‘clean energy champion’ on eve of Cop27
Scepticism from summit attendees as PM adopts Labour leader’s stated aim of making UK a green ‘superpower’Rishi Sunak attempted an extraordinary volte-face on green policy on the eve of the Cop27 climate summit on Saturday, saying he would attend in or…
Read moreSunak claims role as ‘clean energy champion’ on eve of Cop27
Scepticism from summit attendees as PM adopts Labour leader’s stated aim of making UK a green ‘superpower’Rishi Sunak attempted an extraordinary volte-face on green policy on the eve of the Cop27 climate summit on Saturday, saying he would attend in or…
Read moreRishi Sunak is a fossil fuel prime minister in a renewable age | Keir Starmer
Only Labour grasps the challenges of the climate crisis and why we must become a clean energy giantRishi Sunak will go on his day trip to Cop27 tomorrow, having been dragged kicking and screaming. His eventual decision to attend was an embarrassing U-t…
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