Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday guest Yanis Varoufakis attacked the PM's 'incompetence and cynicism'.
, which place restrictions on the amount of greenhouse gases the UK can emit over five years. Work is now being done on the latest version, which will start in 10 years' time.
But panellist Rachel Johnson, a journalist and the sister of former PM Boris Johnson, said: "The lectern that he stood in front of in Downing Street said something like 'long term decisions for a brighter future'. As I saw it, I thought, no, we are making short term decisions for a darker future... These are populist measures.
In the USA, former president Trump - who reversed climate measures during his presidency - praised the "smart" British PM. " has very substantially rolled back the ridiculous 'climate mandates' that the United States is pushing on everyone, especially itself", wrote Mr Trump, posting on his social media platform Truth Social.BBC revealed that a taskforce to speed up home insulation and boilers upgrades has been scrappedMr Shapps did acknowledge the country had "found it difficult" to keep up with the rest of Europe on heat pumps and insulation.
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