00:00 Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the government has pushed back a ban on the sale of petrol
00:05 and diesel cars to 2035. This is a major change to plans that government had to reach net
00:10 zero by 2050. Prime Minister Sunak insisted he was acting to avoid a quote "public backlash"
00:16 by watering down efforts to tackle the climate crisis in an announcement that is facing fierce
00:21 criticism. In November 2020, Prime Minister of the time, Boris Johnson, announced the
00:26 sale of new cars and vans powered wholly by petrol or diesel would be banned by 2030.
00:32 On September 20th, Mr Sunak insisted the UK was already ahead of allies in reducing emissions
00:37 and could not impose unacceptable costs on British families. He went on to say, "The
00:42 risk here, to those of us who care about reaching net zero, as I do, is simple. If we continue
00:47 down this path, we risk losing the consent of the British people." In his speech, Mr
00:52 Sunak also said that households would never be forced to rip out their existing boiler
00:57 and replace it with a heat pump.
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