The British premier is expected to announce the new measures in a speech later today. 

Sunak confirmed he was reassessing his party’s environmental commitments after the BBC reported late on Tuesday that the government was looking at delaying the deadlines for six important targets meant to support the UK’s green transition. 

Some of the reported measures include pushing back the ban on the sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035; phasing out 80 per cent of new gas boilers, rather than all of them, by 2035; delaying the ban on off-grid oil boilers to 2035; pledging to not introduce new home energy efficiency regulations for landlords or homeowners; and ruling out taxes to discourage flying.

“For too many years politicians in governments of all stripes have not been honest about costs and trade-offs. Instead, they have taken the easy way out, saying we can have it all,” he said in a statement. “This realism doesn’t mean losing our ambition...