00:00Reform UK councillors in Wakefield look set to overturn climate change and biodiversity
00:06emergency declarations, which were previously made by the local authority.
00:10The council's new leader, Carl Johnson, said it was part of his administration's commitment
00:15to moving away from gesture politics and towards focusing on delivering practical things that
00:21make the lives of residents easier. He says it's not a withdrawal from action on the environment,
00:27but a recognition that the language of emergency does not deliver better outcomes.
00:32It comes as councillor Rhys Carr has quit the party weeks after winning his seat,
00:37amid an internal investigation into allegations around his conduct. He will now sit as an independent.
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