Stick to £28bn green spending plan, ex-Tory Chris Skidmore urges Labour
by Helena Horton Environment reporter from Environment | The Guardian on (#6HS57)
Skidmore, who resigned Tory whip last week, predicts former party will lose election partly because of its stance on net zero
Labour should stick to its 28bn climate spending plans, Chris Skidmore has said days after quitting as a Conservative MP over Rishi Sunak's climate stance.
Speaking to the Guardian, the former minister who was tasked with writing a review of the government's net zero plans, said he supported the pledge despite being a fiscal conservative".
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