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Starmer Tells Automakers Labour Sticking to 2030 Curb on Petrol Cars
- Opposition holds firm on policy Sunak is facing pressure over
- Car lobby group says changing tack would be unhelpful
Keir Starmer
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Labour Party leader Keir Starmer told automakers last week that his party would hold firm on a clean-car policy that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing calls to back down from.
Starmer kicked off the gathering hosted by the UK’s car lobby by telling executives he’s committed to ending sales of new cars powered entirely by petrol or diesel by 2030, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the meeting was private.