Tories must show they care about the environment, says Thérèse Coffey

Coffey said: ‘Any Conservative knows that to have sustainable food security and economic prosperity you need to protect the environment.’ Photograph: Thomas Krych/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

The Conservative party has not given up its green agenda, the environment secretary has said.

Thérèse Coffey said the party must show that it cared about the environment and insisted that “despite the noise over the last week”, the government was still committed to reaching net zero by 2050.