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‘Our government’s policies.. are not only cooking the planet, they are justifying that by cooking the books’

Naturalist Chris Packham obliterated the UK Government’s climate policy achievements during a debate about the government’s record on tackling climate change.

It followed an interview with the Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho on Sunday where she defended the government’s approach to the environment and argued that Tories had a “very strong track record of delivery”. 

Speaking on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Coutinho also repeated the Conservative Party line that it is tacking a “sensible and pragmatic” approach to achieving net zero, as she argued she didn’t want to “heap costs on families”. 

However environmental activist and broadcaster Chris Packham took apart the government’s rhetoric, accusing ministers of “cooking the books” over their climate policy achievements. 

“Our government’s policies at the moment are not only cooking the planet, they are justifying that by cooking the books,” said Packham. 

“She’s saying we’re ahead in all of our targets. That’s not actually the case, it’s the way that data is presented and analysed. 

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