UK's environment minister Zac Goldsmith announces resignation

UK's environment minister Zac Goldsmith announces resignation

• The UK's environment minister Zac Goldsmith announced his resignation today. The Prime Minister's office in a statement said PM Rishi Sunak accepted Goldsmith's resignation.
• The minister's resignation comes after the House of Commons privileges committee identified him as one of eight supporters of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson in parliament who had tried to undermine their Partygate investigation.
• Goldsmith in his resignation letter highlighted some of the UK's successes in protecting the environment and pointed to what he said were unprecedented commitments from countries at the COP26 summit, which was held in Scotland in 2021. The UK had been the driving force behind successful global efforts and including the push for measures to protect 30 percent of the world's land and oceans by the end of the decade.

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Published date : 01 Jul 2023 05:45PM