UK's "Greenest Govt. Ever"; Tape Reveals Chancellor Cutting Legs From Under Cameron's Env. Policy
The coalition's green policy is in disarray after an undercover film revealed George Osborne's father-in-law claiming that the chancellor is behind a Tory campaign to oppose commitments against climate change.
Lord Howell of Guildford, a former minister in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet who stood down as a foreign office minister in September, said the chancellor was "putting pressure" on David Cameron over "absurd" climate change targets.
The comments by Howell were disclosed in Greenpeace undercover filming as coalition tensions on climate change were exposed further when the Tory energy minister at the heart of the row over windfarms and green policy pulled out of a scheduled joint appearance before a select committee of MPs with his Liberal Democrat boss.
John Hayes, who pointedly refused to answer any questions about his possible involvement with a rival anti-windfarm campaign in today's Corby byelection, will miss a hearing next Tuesday when he was due to appear alongside the energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey. Senior insiders said tensions over environmental issues within the coalition have escalated into an "unholy war".
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