Stick to ?28bn green spending plan, ex-Tory Chris Skidmore urges Labour

Skidmore, who resigned Tory whip last week, predicts former party will lose election partly because of its stance on net zeroUK politics live - latest updatesLabour should stick to its ?28bn climate spending plans, Chris Skidmore has said days after quitting as a Conservative MP over Rishi Sunak's climate stance.Speaking to the Guardian, the former minister who was tasked with writing a review of the government's net zero plans, said he supported the pledge despite being a "fiscal conservative". Continue reading...