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Relax planning rules to unleash solar ‘rooftop revolution’, urges net zero tsar

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Chris Skidmore’s review says UK has ‘fallen behind’ on targets

The government’s climate tsar has published the results of his wide-ranging review of UK net zero policy, recommending a series of policies for the built environment. 

Chris Skidmore, a backbench MP who served as minister of state for universities, science, research and innovation in the Johnson government, was commissioned by former business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg last September to carry out the research. 

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