{"id":187221,"date":"2023-09-21T21:49:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T21:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=187221"},"modified":"2023-09-21T21:49:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T21:49:19","slug":"rishi-sunak-challenges-keir-starmer-over-labours-climate-change-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/rishi-sunak-challenges-keir-starmer-over-labours-climate-change-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak challenges Keir Starmer over Labour&apos;s climate change plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Rishi Sunak challenges Keir Starmer over Labour&#8217;s climate change plans as he defends his decision to ditch or delay green policies<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PM Rishi Sunak doubled down on his decision to ditch or delay green policies\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mr Sunak\u00a0claimed Britain was already a world leader in tackling climate change\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rishi Sunak today threw down the gauntlet to Sir Keir Starmer over Labour\u2019s climate change plans.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister defended his decision to ditch or delay green policies after a backlash from environmental groups and attacks from the Opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak said it was now up to opponents, including Labour, to explain why hard-pressed families should pay thousands of pounds to move faster than other countries in tackling climate change.<\/p>\n<p>He told BBC Radio 4\u2019s Today programme: \u2018They should explain to the country why they think it\u2019s right that ordinary families up and down the country should have to fork out five, 10, \u00a315,000 to make the transition earlier than is necessary.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/20\/75700461-12546503-image-a-153_1695324172918.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rishi Sunak (pictured) said people with \u2018more ideological zeal\u2019 about climate change \u2018just don\u2019t care about the impact on families\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The PM claimed Britain was already a world leader in tackling climate change, with a target to reduce carbon emissions by 68 per cent by 2030 compared with an EU average of 55 per cent, a US target of 40 per cent and a Canadian goal of 20 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak insisted he remained \u2018absolutely committed\u2019 to existing targets and it was not right for the British to be asked to \u2018sacrifice more than others\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The PM said people with \u2018more ideological zeal\u2019 about climate change \u2018just don\u2019t care about the impact on families\u2019 and insisted his green shift was \u2018not about politics\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>But Tory strategists believe it could prove a key dividing line at the next election and are drawing up plans to highlight the cost of Labour\u2019s proposals.<\/p>\n<p>They include borrowing \u00a328billion a year for green initiatives, banning new North Sea oil exploration and generating 100 per cent of the UK\u2019s energy from green sources by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Miliband, Labour\u2019s net zero spokesman, said he would \u2018relish\u2019 the opportunity to go \u2018toe to toe\u2019 with the Tories.<\/p>\n<p>He said Mr Sunak\u2019s decision to hit the brakes on the rush to net zero was \u2018a bad day for our economy and for Britain\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>And he declared Labour would bring back a 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars, which the PM has now delayed to 2035.<\/p>\n<p>Labour would also bring back insulation targets for landlords, which had been due to come into force in 2025 despite warnings they are impractical and would drive up rents.<\/p>\n<p>Asked why the UK, which is responsible for less than 1 per cent of global emissions, should move faster than the EU, Mr Miliband said: \u2018We don\u2019t set our policies by the rest of Europe.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>However, Labour has not yet said whether it will unpick Mr Sunak\u2019s plan to delay the ban on new gas boilers and the decision to exempt five million homes from ever having to switch to a heat pump.<\/p>\n<p>And Sir Keir has so far said almost nothing in response to the PM\u2019s shake up of green policy.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Miliband also declined to say how much Labour\u2019s plans would cost ordinary voters, claiming that they would \u2018save money\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In a major intervention last night, the PM announced that grants for installing heat pumps would rise by 50 per cent to \u00a37,500 in order to encourage take-up.<\/p>\n<p>But he said it was not reasonable to force households to switch to a system where upfront costs can be \u00a310,000 or more.<\/p>\n<p>Campaigners are already threatening legal challenges to Mr Sunak\u2019s plans, saying they may breach legally binding \u2018carbon budgets\u2019 that commit the Government to milestones in reducing emissions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/20\/75700697-12546503-image-a-154_1695324193437.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir Starmer (pictured) has so far said almost nothing in response to the PM\u2019s shake up of green policy<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak said he was \u2018absolutely not slowing down\u2019 efforts to tackle climate change and insisted that targets would be met.<\/p>\n<p>However, he was accused of \u2018wishful thinking\u2019 by the head of the UK\u2019s Climate Change Committee, who said the \u2018softer\u2019 policy package was not sufficient to hit the goal.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Stark said: \u2018It\u2019s difficult to escape the idea that we\u2019ve moved backwards from where we were when we did our last assessment of progress in June.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak\u2019s plans have divided business. Ford criticised the delay to the 2030 car ban, saying it would undermine the industry, but Jaguar Land Rover and Toyota welcomed the decision to bring the target date in line with Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>A senior industry executive told the Financial Times: \u2018Some people will be cross, but the general view will be a collective sigh of relief \u2013 they will have a little more elbow room.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12546503\/rishi-sunak-keir-starmer-labour-climate-change-green-policies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rishi Sunak challenges Keir Starmer over Labour&#8217;s climate change plans as he defends his decision to ditch or delay green<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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