Chris Skidmore says use of negative political tactics by fellow Tory MPs is putting climate and people at risk

The Conservative party is going in a “very dark direction”, a Tory former minister has said, as misinformation around climate continues.

Chris Skidmore, the MP for Kingswood, in Gloucestershire, served as energy minister under Theresa May when she signed the target of net zero emissions by 2050 into law. He was appointed last year as Liz Truss’s net zero tsar, and asked to review the UK’s net zero plan, which is now being published in paperback.

Mission Zero is published on 28 November by Biteback Publishing

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