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