A review into HS2 will be launched by Labour if the party is elected next year, the shadow Chancellor has said.
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Scottish Tory MSP Maurice Golden has criticised the Prime Minister's watering down of climate pledges. Writing for the Times, the north east list MSP said the announcements made last week from Downing Street were "regressive".
Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday that England would delay the ban on new petrol and diesel cars by five years, moving the target from 2030 to 2035.
Mr Sunak was criticised by environmental activists, and some in his own party, following the Downing Street announcement, which also saw him weaken the plan to phase out gas boilers from 2035 - so households that will struggle the most to switch to heat pumps will not have to make the change - and scrap the requirement for energy efficiency upgrades to homes.
Scottish Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan said the Scottish Government would be "urgently" assessing its own climate pledges as a result of the announcement.
Writing in the newspaper, Mr Golden said: "I understand fully why it was done from a political perspective, but it's a regressive move that isn't only damaging environmentally but economically and socially too.
"It drags net zero into the territory of culture wars. The way the changes were framed and delivered will polarise communities and create a binary environment where you're either for climate change initiatives or against them.
"I thought we had moved past that years ago, not least when the UK showed considerable ambition in becoming the world's first big economy to set its net zero target in law.
"Seeing the pathway to that ambition being watered down is deeply regrettable." The shift, Mr Golden claimed, "didn't only annoy the green lobby", pointing to businesses already in the process of making changes to meet the targets.
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A review into HS2 will be launched by Labour if the party is elected next year, the shadow Chancellor has said.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was asked what he admires about his political rival Rishi Sunak ahead of the party's conference in Liverpool. "I admire the fact that on the day he was elected Prime Minister he made a point of phoning me for a one-to-one conversation and in that conversation we agreed that we would challenge each other robustly on the things that we needed to challenge each other on," Sir Keir told the BBC.
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh has praised a viral parody of the film targeted at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – check it out below.The parody video titled “Trainstopping”, created by JOE.co.uk, reimagines the “Choose Life” scene from Danny Boyle’s 1996 film with Sunak as Ewan McGregor’s character Mark Renton.The reworked version of the speech reads: “Choose life. Choose net zero. Choose clean air.
Transport Secretary Mark Harper said he was 'proud' of the decision to cut HS2 to Manchester - and shrugged off criticism from ex-Tory Prime Minister David Cameron and former Chancellor George Osborne. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used his speech at the Conservative Party conference on Wednesday to confirm he has axed Phases 2a and 2b of the high-speed railway.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recorded a video message saying he was scrapping HS2 to Manchester around three days before he formerly made the announcement, according to reports today.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a plan to ban smoking for the next generation.
A Conservative Party conference fringe event quickly descended into chaos as an anti-Brexit activist was chucked out following a scuffle. Steve Bray, a campaigner wanting to reverse the UK's withdrawal from the EU, walked into The Bruges Group's meeting as it began.
Rishi Sunak has sparked fury after repeatedly refusing to answer whether HS2 will come to Manchester.
The Scottish Government is pledging to make up to £728 million available in the next seven years to help Scots tackle fuel poverty by installing greener heating systems.
There should be a dedicated cabinet minister for the north a group of Tory MPs have claimed. They are also calling for half a million new homes to be built in the region as part of a 'manifesto for the north' which is to be unveiled at party's conference in Manchester.
A senior Labour MSP has accused Keir Starmer of failing to provide “climate leadership” over the Rosebank oil field.
Business leaders have laid bare the staggering impact axing the northern leg of the HS2 rail line to Manchester would have on the city-region's economy.
Kelly Osbourne has slammed Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle again as she accuses him of taking the “victim road.” On The Osbournes, the podcast that she co-hosts alongside dad Ozzy, mum Sharon and brother Jack, Kelly, 38, said that she feels “a certain level of disappointment” towards the couple - who are reportedly in the midst of a disagreement about spending more time in the UK. “I feel like they had the opportunity to become the most liked, loved people in the entire world that could actually bring some positive change,” the star explained, “I get wanting to leave the Royal Family, I get that, but then just leave.
Faye Winter has called the XL Bully ban "disgraceful" following the government's announcement that they are considering banning the breed from the UK. It comes after a rise in dog attacks, with some blaming the importing of this breed from America, however, former Love Island star Faye, 28, has suggested that it is owners who should be blamed for these attacks, rather than the dogs themselves.
The government is set to axe the HS2 leg to Manchester, according to reports.
A Tory MSP snapped during First Minister's Questions after SNP members mocked him over Rishi Sunak's climate u-turn.
Rishi Sunak has confirmed the weakening of the UK Government's green policies.
Humza Yousaf has slammed Rishi Sunak's plans to weaken his climate pledges as "unforgivable", according to reports.