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Sunak accused of being ‘all mouth and no trousers’ after failing on environmental targets
The River Aller on National Trust Holnicote Estate, Exmoor, Somerset, September 13, 2023

CLIMATE campaigners accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of being “all mouth and no trousers” today after a watchdog said the Tories were “largely off track” with their environmental targets.

The Office for Environmental Protection, which was set up by the government, criticised the government for announcing but not implementing its policies.

Seven out of 10 of the goals in its Environmental Improvement Plan were considered “largely off track.”

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