Sunak dilutes green agenda

Policy re-evaluation: Sunak reacts as he delivers a speech during a press conference on the net-zero target. He decides to push back by five years to 2035 a plan to bar the sale of new petrol and diesel cars. — AFP

LONDON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak softened key parts of the UK government’s green agenda, including a ban on petrol car sales, as he set out what he called a “new approach” to tackling climate change.

Sunak said in a speech on Wednesday here that he would push back by five years to 2035 a plan to bar the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, casting the decision as an effort to protect families struggling with bills.