Former climate minister ‘desperately hoping’ Tories comes to senses on environmental issues
A Conservative peer and close ally of Boris Johnson has hinted he could be “very tempted” to back Labour and questioned Rishi Sunak’s commitment to tackling the climate crisis.
Zac Goldsmith, the former climate minister, raised concerns at the drive in some quarters of the Conservative party to re-examine achieving “net zero” because of the potential extra cost to consumers at a time of stretched household budgets.
