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By Hannah Thomas-Peter, climate change correspondent
The Conservatives have long struggled to convince a decent proportion of their base that the net zero carbon emissions targets are anything more than an uncosted gallop towards restricted freedoms and products they don't want or can't afford. Boris Johnson tried very hard to land the same message, but a lack of meaningful execution behind the soaring rhetoric, particularly on homes and heat and agriculture, rather undermined him.
But not all strikes are successful, with many resulting in a crackdown on union activity and no concessions for workers. Mr Sunak said:"This morning, I visited Cromarty Firth Port, one of two new freeports being built in Scotland.13:45:01Downing Street has been urged to go"further and faster" on cutting carbon emissions with the publication of a review of the UK's net zero plans.
Mr Skidmore was commissioned by Liz Truss's government in September to consider how the country could deliver"maximum economic growth and investment" alongside the UK's climate change ambitions. This would involve wide-ranging changes to planning laws, an area where the government has already encountered controversy.Sir Keir Starmer has said a Labour government would repeal planned laws offering immunity from prosecution for Troubles crimes in Northern Ireland.
During a question and answer session at Queen's University, he was asked whether he would repeal the legislation if he became prime minister."I know first-hand and having spoken to many, many victims and victims' representatives, I know just how deep this goes for very obvious reasons," he said.Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting were photographed visiting an Emergency Assessment Unit at Colchester Hospital in Essex today.
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