Rishi Sunak could back down as the Conservative party debates the future of a ban on new onshore wind farms, a cabinet minister has suggested. Business Secretary Grant Shapps denied that a growing Tory rebellion over the issue constituted a "row" - despite former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss being among those opposing the Prime Minister's position.
They are among some 30 Conservatives backing former levelling-up secretary Simon Clarke’s pro-wind amendment to the Levelling Up Bill. But Mr Shapps said he is “completely mystified” by headlines about it.
He told Times Radio: “It’s the most extraordinarily overwritten story I’ve read. The fact that a backbencher has an amendment in is literally something that happens every single day in Parliament.
