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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Pippa Crerar Political editor

Former Tory chair joins rebellion over Sunak’s onshore windfarm ban

Train crosses the river Weaver viaduct at Frodsham, Cheshire.
New onshore windfarms have been effectively barred in England since 2014. Photograph: Mark Waugh/Alamy

Rishi Sunak is embroiled in a growing rebellion over his ban on new onshore windfarms as the former Conservative chairman Jake Berry became the latest senior MP to announce he would join an effort to overturn the policy.

The former cabinet minister said he would support the former levelling up secretary Simon Clarke, who has tabled an amendment to legislation going through parliament demanding the current moratorium on new developments be lifted.

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