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Gove rows back on 2030 petrol car ban U-turn

25 July 2023

7:28 PM

25 July 2023

7:28 PM

If you U-turn on a U-turn, does that make it an O-turn? That’s the question Mr S is wondering this morning given the mess ministers have managed to get themselves into on plans to ban new diesel and petrol cars. The ban is due to come into effect from 2030 but yesterday Andrew Mitchell, the Foreign Office minister, appeared to suggest that this might not be the case.

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