Tony Blair at war with Ed Miliband over net zero |
Tony Blair has urged Keir Starmer to ditch net zero, saying voters feel "that they're being asked to make financial sacrifices and changes in lifestyle when they know that their impact on global emissions is minimal". He said: "Political leaders by and large know that the debate has become irrational", but are "terrified of saying so, for fear of being accused of being 'climate deniers'." I have written that Blair is right to point out that climate policies have run ahead of public opinion, and that effective action needs a rethink. He has developed his argument, which he first made two years ago, that "net zero in one country" makes no sense. Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, has fought back, with a source close to him telling The Independent: "We've just won an election in part on an argument that we need to speed up the clean energy transition. The PM said last week that clean energy is in the DNA of the government." |
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| The Tory leader has thrown the kitchen sink at an attempt to win over Reform voters before Thursday |
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| Victoria McCloud, who stood down last year, is taking a case to the European Court of Human Rights |
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| Two surveys of businesses reveal a loss of confidence over bill still a long way from becoming law |
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What else you need to know today |
- Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, said that she had persuaded the French authorities to change policy and intervene to pick migrants up after they have entered the water to board small boats in the Channel
- Two days before local elections in England, Labour presented a marginal change as a crackdown on immigrant sex offenders – anyone sentenced to more than 12 months in jail was already subject to deportation
- Kemi Badenoch told journalists that over-reliance on wind and solar power is "likely" to be the cause of the Iberian power outage; Keir Starmer's spokesperson said these were "unfounded claims"
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Will ministers give in to public sector demands for higher pay? |
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With review boards recommending pay rises for teachers and NHS staff, a hard-up Labour government could face a summer of discontent, writes Sean O'Grady... Read more |
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Tomorrow inside the Westminster bubble |
Our political commentator Andrew Grice on what to look out for |
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch will trade blows at noon at Prime Minister's Questions, which is likely to be dominated by Thursday's local elections.
With at least one eye on the contests, Steve Reed, the environment secretary, will announce new powers for councils to combat fly-tipping. Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will host investors at 11 Downing Street.
MPs will gather at 11.30am for questions on Wales. Later they will approve new sentencing guidelines and the licensing extension for VE Day.
David Lammy, the foreign secretary, will be quizzed by the Lords international relations committee at 2pm. Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, will appear before the joint Commons and Lords committee on human rights at 2pm.
The independent Climate Change Committee, which advises the government, will issue a progress report on adaptation measures in England.
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"President Trump is trying to break us so he can own us. That will never happen" Mark Carney, prime minister of Canada |
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Quiz answer: Badenoch, 45, born 2 January 1980; Sunak was born 12 May 1980 |
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