Sunak’s big green gamble: the story behind the PM’s decision to U-turn

Rishi Sunak’s advisers say he has been mulling the U-turn for a long time. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AP

Isaac Levido, the strategy guru behind Boris Johnson’s 2019 victory, has spent much of the summer working on the overhaul of Rishi Sunak’s green policies.

One of the goals has been to find that elusive political property: a dividing line with Labour that Tory strategists believe will present voters with a clear choice at next year’s election.