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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton

‘Detached from reality’: anger as Rishi Sunak plans to restrict solar panels

Solar panel array on farmland
Solar panel installations on farmland are unpopular with many Tory MPs for rural constituencies. Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA

Rishi Sunak plans to restrict the installation of solar panels on swathes of British farmland, which climate campaigners say will raise bills and put the UK’s energy security at risk.

Last year, then prime minister Liz Truss attempted to block solar from most of England’s farmland. The plans were deeply controversial and unpopular, and were dropped when she left office.

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