'No public mandate for delay': PM warned he faces fierce resistance if UK green policy watered down

Stuart Stone
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More than 50 groups including Green Alliance, the National Trust and the RSPB promise to mobilise more than 20 million supporters against 'any and all attacks' on net zero and environmental policy

More than 50 environmental groups have today told Rishi Sunak that their combined 20 million-strong membership will stand firm "against any and all attacks" on the government's green agenda, in an open...

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