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Campaigners hail scrapping of onshore wind ban
A wind farm

CAMPAIGNERS welcomed Labour’s announcement that it will lift the ban on onshore wind power today.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced plans to reverse the “absurd” ban implemented under former PM David Cameron in 2015.

Previously, schemes were subject to stringent planning rules, such as proof that there was no local opposition, unlike other infrastructure. 

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