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- Sunak searches for Tory compromise over onshore windfarm U-turn Tue, 29 Nov 22, 8:38amPM is stuck between two wings of party and at risk of Commons defeat on pro-renewables amendment
- Rishi Sunak searches for Tory compromise over onshore wind U-turn Tue, 29 Nov 22, 7:13amPM is stuck between two wings of party and at risk of Commons defeat on pro-renewables amendment
- Robert Jenrick says migrants with diphtheria symptoms will no longer be dispersed around country – as it happened Tue, 29 Nov 22, 4:40amImmigration minister confirms 50 cases of diphtheria linked to Manston asylum accommodation. This live blog is closed
- No 10 signals Rishi Sunak no longer committed to blocking all new onshore windfarm developments – UK politics live Tue, 29 Nov 22, 1:33amPM’s spokesperson suggests Rishi Sunak no longer blocking new onshore windfarms but did not accept government had already U-turned
- Sunak faces fresh revolt from Tory MPs over small boats as No 10 hints at climbdown over onshore windfarms – UK politics live Mon, 28 Nov 22, 10:47pmLatest updates: business secretary hints that government may avoid rebellion over windfarms by giving in while row grows over Albanian asylum seekers
- Former Tory chair joins rebellion over Sunak’s onshore windfarm ban Mon, 28 Nov 22, 12:33amJake Berry is latest senior MP to urge prime minister to amend de facto block on new projects in England
- Alok Sharma backs bid to lift ban on onshore windfarms in England Sun, 27 Nov 22, 4:04amTory MP becomes latest member of party to get behind push to drop moratorium imposed in 2014
- Johnson and Truss join rebels against Sunak keeping new onshore wind ban Fri, 25 Nov 22, 6:13amAbout 20 Conservative MPs want to end longstanding de facto block on new wind farms in England
- Windfall tax must change in face of ‘excessive’ oil profits, Alok Sharma says Sat, 29 Oct 22, 1:04amExclusive: Outgoing head of climate talks says UK needs to encourage investment in renewables, not fossil fuels
- How green are the Tory leadership candidates this time round? Fri, 21 Oct 22, 9:44pmAfter Liz Truss’s ‘war on nature’, we look again at the environmental record of the most probable crop of hopefuls
- How did your MP vote on the fracking motion? Thu, 20 Oct 22, 5:33amLabour tabled vote on banning shale gas drilling in England, which Tory whips said would be treated as confidence motion in Truss’s government
- Truss faces major rebellion on fracking as senior Tories pledge to defy whip Thu, 20 Oct 22, 12:30amChris Skidmore, head of PM’s net zero review, among Conservatives willing to vote against government
- Jacob Rees-Mogg acts to quell Tory MPs’ anger over fracking vote Thu, 20 Oct 22, 12:30amBusiness secretary tables amendment to Labour motion on banning shale gas drilling in England
- Tories told fracking vote should be seen as vote of confidence in Truss Wed, 19 Oct 22, 10:23pmThree-line whip on Labour motion puts dozens of Tory MPs opposed to shale gas extraction on the spot
- Liz Truss apologises for going ‘too far and too fast’ with economic changes – as it happened Tue, 18 Oct 22, 8:43amLatest updates: In BBC interview, Liz Truss refuses say if her vision is ‘dead’ and vows to fight next election