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Farming Minister Mark Spencer has defended Rishi Sunak’s move to delay some of the government’s climate policies, insisting that politicians must take voters with them on the journey to net-zero.

He said: “We’ve got to approach this in a pragmatic way, in a common sense way, which embraces new technology but also goes at a pace that people can afford and sign up to.” Report by Buseld. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 So the Prime Minister's committed to 2050, to getting us to net zero.
00:03 Nothing's changed there, but what we're doing is approaching this in a much more pragmatic
00:07 way, in a common-sense way, making sure our constituents and people up and down the country
00:11 can afford to come on this journey with us, embracing new technology as it comes forward,
00:16 but doing that in a way which is practical and easier to deliver.
00:20 The majority of Conservative MPs, of course, are behind the Prime Minister in supporting
00:23 us on this journey because their own constituents are telling them it's very expensive, some
00:28 of this stuff, and we've got to approach this in a pragmatic way, in a common-sense way,
00:31 which embraces new technology, but also goes at a pace that people can afford and can sign
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