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Sunak’s U-turns make net zero harder and keep bills high, watchdog warns

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One of the many occasions climate change denier and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak uses a private jet.
One of the many occasions climate change denier and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak uses a private jet.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/12/sunak-u-turns-make-net-zero-harder-keep-bills-high-watchdog

Climate Change Committee also says rowing back on climate policies has harmed investment into UK

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In a damning verdict on the prime minister’s announcements last month, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) warned of a “substantial policy gap” that was putting the UK off track to meet its crucial 2030 carbon targets.

Piers Forster, the acting chair of the CCC, said: “The prime minister has relaxed important policies to decarbonise buildings and transport and sent a message to business and the international audience that he will allow more time for the UK to transition to key clean technologies.”

He added: “We remain concerned about the likelihood of achieving the UK’s future targets, especially the substantial policy gap to the UK’s 2030 goals.”

The CCC found there were “insufficient” plans to meet about a fifth of the emissions reductions required by 2030 to hit the government’s international goal of cutting carbon by 68% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels.

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Image of InBedWithBigOil by Not Here To Be Liked + Hex Prints from Just Stop Oil’s You May Find Yourself… art auction. Featuring Rishi Sunak, Fossil Fuels and Rupert Murdoch.

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Steve ‘Number 2’ Baker* Watch group hold ‘clown vigil’ in High Wycombe

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Steve Baker MP's plaque reads 'Steve Baker MP 2010 - 2025 Had his photo taken here. That's all he did."
Steve Baker MP’s plaque reads ‘Steve Baker MP 2010 – 2025. Had his photo taken here. That’s all he did.”

* Number 2 since he was at one time vice-chair of  European Research Group (ERG)

https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/23830412.steve-baker-watch-group-hold-clown-vigil-high-wycombe/

At the beginning of September, Mr Baker branded the group “clowns” after a plaque was erected in High Wycombe’s Town Centre suggesting the MP would be voted out of office in the general election next year and had done nothing more for the community than “have his photo taken”.

The group staged a fresh protest on Friday, September 29, dressed as clowns outside the Wycombe MP’s constituency office in response to the jab.

Image of Steve Baker Watch dressed as clown after being called clowns by Steve Baker MP
Image of Steve Baker Watch dressed as clowns after being called clowns by Steve Baker MP

Co-founder of Steve Baker Watch, Gemma Rogers, who described the protest as a “clown-themed vigil” said: “Steve Baker called us, his constituents, ‘clowns’ in the Bucks Free Press a few weeks ago.

“We are concerned that he is a member of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a lobby group working to undermine government action on climate change.

“He is calling for a delay in action, which is the new form of climate denial. We are concerned about the effects of global warming and want an MP who prioritises it. Steve Baker Watch have vowed to continue their campaign of peaceful action.”

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