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Sunak rules out meat tax as part of new green agenda

PM denies he is watering down environmental policies as electric car and boiler ban shifted

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The Prime Minister has insisted he is not 'watering down' climate targets
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The Prime Minister has insisted he is not 'watering down' climate targets

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has today promised the Government would not 'harm farmers' by introducing a meat tax, as he announced a raft of new measures that will dramatically alter the current green agenda....

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