Rishi Sunak’s net zero U-turn - podcast

The PM has torn up his ambitious plans for Britain to achieve its commitments on net zero emissions, saying they were unrealistic and punitive'. Kiran Stacey reports

Rishi Sunak has announced a major policy shift, rowing back on some of the government's net zero policies that impose a direct cost on consumers, as the Conservatives attempt to create a dividing line with Labour before the next election.

As our political correspondent Kiran Stacey tells Nosheen Iqbal on a chaotic day in Westminster, the plans amount to delaying a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and watering down the phasing out of gas boilers. Sunak also dropped proposals for new energy-efficiency targets for private rented homes.