Lord Goldsmith slams Downing Street 'apathy' on environment as he quits government

Michael Holder
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Conservative peer accuses the government of abandoning a range of nature and climate policy pledges, as he slams PM for lack of interest in the environment

Lord Goldsmith has announced he is resigning from government in a scathing letter to the Prime Minister this morning, which accuses Rishi Sunak of being "simply uninterested" in environmental and climate...

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