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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest and Archie Mitchell

Tories at war over Rishi Sunak’s betrayal of net zero pledge

AP

Rishi Sunak has sparked a furious civil war in the Tory party after backtracking on a key government climate pledge to reach net zero.

After 24 hours of frenetic political briefing, the prime minister held a hastily convened press conference at Downing Street to announce that the 2030 ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars – and gas boilers – would be pushed back to 2035.

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