Grant Shapps Discussing A Possible Governemnt U-turn On Onshore Wind, Sky News

A Cabinet minister has hinted that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could back down amid a growing Tory rebellion trying to force him to drop a ban on new onshore wind farms.Business Secretary Grant Shapps denied the challenge constitutes a “row” or that there is a “massive gulf” between the rebels’ position and that of the Government.Former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss are among some 30 Conservatives backing former levelling-up secretary Simon Clarke’s pro-wind amendment to the Levelling Up Bill.Playing down the significance of the revolt, Mr Shapps told Times Radio: “It’s the most extraordinarily overwritten story I’ve read.