Michael Gove today announced that the government was relaxing the effective ban on new onshore wind farms that was introduced by David Cameron. Under those rules, just one objection could stop a planned wind farm – but they’ve been scrapped with immediate effect.
The reason? Rishi Sunak was facing a rebellion from Tory MPs, of course.
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