RISHI SUNAK’s premiership has been worse for the environment than his predecessors, the outgoing head of the government’s climate watchdog has said.

Chris Stark said the Prime Minister’s decision to water down environmental policies has set Britain back on reaching net zero climate-wrecking carbon emissions and that he has not made the target as much of a priority as some of his predecessors.

He told the BBC that other countries now regard Britain as less ambitious on climate and that it would be extremely difficult to recover its international reputation on climate action.