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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Aletha Adu Political correspondent

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Boris johnson s climate adviser backs labour s energy security strategy - Caught on Camera

Train crosses the river Weaver viaduct at Frodsham, Cheshire, with windfarm in background.
A consultation on the moratorium on new onshore wind projects is due to end this week. Photograph: Mark Waugh/Alamy

Boris Johnson’s former climate adviser has backed Labour’s plans to make Britain energy secure by 2030, the Guardian has learned.

Sam Richards, who worked as the energy and climate adviser in No 10, believes the only way Britain can wean itself off expensive foreign gas is to “commit to deliver necessary planning reform” and lift onshore wind bans.

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