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Zac Goldsmith resigns from Government after being 'horrified' by PM Rishi Sunak's position on the environment

“The problem is not that the Government is hostile to the environment, it is that you, our PM, are simply uninterested"

Chris Brayford
clock • 2 min read
Environment Minister Zac Goldsmith has resigned his position from Government calling PM Rishi Sunak 'uninterested' in the environment
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Environment Minister Zac Goldsmith has resigned his position from Government calling PM Rishi Sunak 'uninterested' in the environment

Environment Minister Zac Goldsmith has resigned from Government calling out the PM Rishi Sunak as ‘uninterested' and ‘abandoning' party commitments to nature and the environment. Mr Goldsmith vacated...

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