POLL: Should Rishi Sunak U-turn on onshore wind farms ban?

Mr Shapps said there would be more onshore wind projects approved “where communities are in favour of it”, which would end a de facto block on such projects in place since  2015.

Mr Shapps told Sky News: “We already have quite a lot of onshore wind. There will be more over time, particularly where communities are in favour of it, and that is, I think, the key test for onshore wind – giving some benefit to communities locally.”

Former Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss are among around 30 Conservative MPs who have backed former levelling-up secretary Simon Clarke’s amendment to the Levelling Up Bill to allow new onshore wind projects in England.

Mr Clarke told The Times: “It’s been a terrific weekend in terms of colleagues coming behind something which people widely acknowledge would be the sensible thing to do. 

“I really hope that in the next few days the Government will find a way to allow this to happen so that we can get on with our collective task of lowering energy bills, looking after the environment and boosting growth.”

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