Liz Truss renews attacks on solar farms, vowing to free fields from 'paraphernalia'

Cecilia Keating
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Liz Truss is the runaway favourite in the Tory leadership debate | Credit: Liz For Leader, Twitter
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Liz Truss is the runaway favourite in the Tory leadership debate | Credit: Liz For Leader, Twitter

Foreign Secretary promises to stop fields being filled with 'paraphernalia' like solar farms at latest hustings event, as net zero champion Chris Skidmore defects from Rishi Sunak campaign

Liz Truss has doubled down on her criticism of solar developments in the UK, vowing that she would stop people from "filling fields with paraphernalia like solar farms" and ensure farmland is instead used...

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