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While business secretary Kemi Badenoch has made headlines by lobbying Cabinet to water down rules in the upcoming ban on new petrol and diesel cars, coming in 2030, Labour has committed to the target.
Badenoch has reportedly warned the rules would hit automobile businesses, but Labour said that companies need the goal to kick-start investment in new factories and jobs. Sources in the party said major manufacturers have invested billions of pounds into this transition, that why they have warned against shifting the goalposts. Several manufacturers have already committed to all-electric car lineups in 2030, including Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Mini and Mercedes.
Louise Haigh MP, Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary, said:
The real threat to investment in our automotive industry is chaos created by Kemi Badenoch and her colleagues at a time when the sector is crying out for certainty.
The transition to electric vehicles is essential to net zero, essential to economic growth, and essential to the future of our automotive industry.
The Conservatives might be happy to delay and let our car industry stall, but Labour would back the sector all the way, with our plan to deliver 80,000 jobs and £30bn in growth by turbocharging the switch to electric vehicles.
44m ago06.40 EDTFull story: Rishi Sunak says Nadine Dorries is not properly representing her constituents
Nadine Dorries is failing to represent her constituents, Rishi Sunak has said in a rare attack on his senior Conservative colleague, who has refused to formally resign despite announcing her intention to do so almost two months ago.
The prime minister criticised the former culture secretary, who has not spoken in the Commons for more than 12 months, saying “people deserve to have an MP that represents them, wherever they are”.
Dorries announced on 9 June that she would “immediately” quit as MP for Mid Bedfordshire after she was denied a peerage in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours.
But she is yet to formally tender her resignation, despite a council in her own constituency demanding she do so immediately as “residents desperately need effective representation now”.
Sunak told an LBC call-in: “I think people deserve to have an MP that represents them, wherever they are.
“It’s just making sure…
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