{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6177c48df62eb80013741032/6a201f06f8e85cfadac86418?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"War of the words: Starmer's blog and Reform UK's quango policy","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6177c48df62eb80013741032/1780490050870-ca2b40d1-ceaf-4348-a00c-875d10dfca76.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In the last week blog posts and essays have been published by the former Labour leader, Sir Tony Blair, and prime minister Sir Keir Starmer – along with potential contenders for the top job – over the future of Labour policy, including on net zero.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Blair has called for the government to shift to the “radical centre” and remove those parts of the net-zero agenda which “prioritise clean energy over cheaper energy”.</p><p><br></p><p>Meanwhile, Reform UK has also been publishing detail on its own plans for government – including what it thinks of arm’s-length bodies like Natural England.</p><p><br></p><p>In this week’s ECO Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons speaks with ENDS Report deputy editor Tess Colley to find out how the prime minister responded to Blair’s intervention, what’s at stake in this battle of the blogs – and what you need to know from Reform UK’s policy documents.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>PLUS&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>The ‘hundreds’ of dead sharks found on <a href=\"https://www.endsreport.com/article/1959739/hundreds-dead-sharks-found-welsh-beaches-most-likely-due-ghost-nets\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Welsh beaches</a></li><li>A new charter signed to protect the <a href=\"https://www.endsreport.com/article/1959395/councils-sign-charter-protect-wye-catchment\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wye catchment</a></li><li>And the Scottish salmon farm fined <a href=\"https://www.endsreport.com/article/1959632/salmon-farm-fined-70000-breaching-f-gas-regulations\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">£70,000</a> over F-gas regulations</li></ul><p><br></p><p>The ECO Chamber is brought to you by journalists at ENDS Report.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Environmental Data Services (ENDS)"}