UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to surrender to Tory wind-farm rebels, despite promising to make them more difficult to build during his leadership campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grant Shapps, the Business Secretary, hinted that the Prime Minister might back down and allow the onshore wind ban to be lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last night, he insisted that there was no internal rebellion and that everyone was “on the same page” about the need for more wind in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, during the summer leadership campaign in August, Mr Sunak stated that “as Prime Minister, I would scrap plans to relax the ban on onshore wind in England.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Shapps stated that the Prime Minister told him only a few weeks ago that he supported the construction of more wind farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He went on: “There is definitely a contribution to be made by onshore wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, we reaffirmed it in some of the recent green policies published by Boris Johnson and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“So, we all believe the same thing,” he said, adding that they should not be built “willy nilly” without the support of locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday, No. 10 stated that the Government considers Bill amendments “as they are put forward,” and that Mr Sunak is seeking “views from both sides” of the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rebels believe they are closing in on 35 MPs in their bid to lift the ban, effectively overturning the Government’s majority on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It comes as ministers prepare to announce today that the new nuclear reactor, Sizewell C, will be built in Suffolk to improve our long-term energy security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A deal means that the plant will power six million homes within a decade, with \u00a3700 million in government funding included.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to surrender to Tory wind-farm rebels, despite promising to make them more difficult to build during his leadership campaign. Grant Shapps, the Business … <\/p>\n