![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/no-rishi-sunak-you-didnt-scrap-meat-tax-7-bins-and-compulsory-car-sharing/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Rishi-Sunak-Holds-Press-Conference-On-Net-Zero-Policy-Change.jpg&description=The Prime Minister claimed that he was getting rid of "heavy handed" measures as he rolled back on green policies - but one of his own MPs said "nobody serious" was talking about them Rishi Sunak has been accused of claiming to have scrapped measures - such as a meat tax and seven bins in every home - that were never due to happen. In a Downing Street yesterday the PM lamented that successive governments hadn't been honest with voters about net zero. He then reeled off a list of "heavy handed" measures that he claimed to have personally "scrapped". These included forcing people to recycle in seven different bins, compulsory car-sharing and a tax on meat. The problem, one of his own MPs swiftly pointed out, was that none of these were ever expected to happen, and they weren't Government policy in the first place. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) later said it was "never the case that seven bins would be needed by household". And Tory MP Sir Simon Clarke, accused the PM of offering up "straw men" which "simply weren't policy". Meat and flight taxes are not Conservative proposals, with the party instead clarifying they were recommendations from the Climate Change Committee, an independent body with no power to pass laws. Sir Simon said: "..A lot of straw men have been offered up which simply weren't policy. "Nobody serious in politics was talking about banning flying, taxing meat etc." In a speech confirming he is rolling back on green measures - including a ban on the sale of new petrol diesel cars, which was pushed back five years to 2035, Mr Sunak said there was a need for a "better, more honest debate". He said: "The debate about how we get to net zero has thrown up a range of worrying proposals and today I want to confirm that, under this Government, they'll never happen. The proposal for Government to interfere in how many passengers you can have in your car. I've scrapped it. "The proposal that we should force you to have seven diff){kind=link}
The Prime Minister claimed that he was getting rid of “heavy handed” measures as he rolled back on green policies – but one of his own MPs said “nobody serious” was talking about them
Rishi Sunak has been accused of claiming to have scrapped measures – such as a meat tax and seven bins in every home – that were never due to happen.
In a Downing Street yesterday the PM lamented that successive governments hadn’t been honest with voters about net zero. He then reeled off a list of “heavy handed” measures that he claimed to have personally “scrapped”.
These included forcing people to recycle in seven different bins, compulsory car-sharing and a tax on meat. The problem, one of his own MPs swiftly pointed out, was that none of these were ever expected to happen, and they weren’t Government policy in the first place.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) later said it was “never the case that seven bins would be needed by household”. And Tory MP Sir Simon Clarke, accused the PM of offering up “straw men” which “simply weren’t policy”.