Keir Starmer is set to water down electric car targets in a blow to Ed Miliband’s Net Zero push.
The PM is said to have overruled his Cabinet minister by moving to loosen rules on what proportion of new sales must be EVs by 2030.
The level is now expected to be reduced from 80 per cent to 50 per cent, following pressure from industry and unions.
Sir Keir’s intervention is the latest sign of tensions with Mr Miliband, who fuelled the PM’s defence funding meltdown by resisting cuts to his budgets.
The premier’s allies suspect that the former leader is angling to be
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