Ministers were ‘crackers’ to suggest deadline for petrol car sale ban might slip after Uxbridge result, says climate expert – UK politics live

Chief executive of the Climate Change Committee criticises government’s ‘remarkable softening’ support for climate policies

Rishi Sunak has been urged to close the holes in his “Swiss cheese” of a windfall tax on energy companies after Shell and British Gas reported significant profits, with Labour calling the government’s stance “perverse”, Aubrey Allegretti reports.

Good morning. A good way to think about the most important stories of our time is to imagine, if someone were to produce a news bulletin about what happened in the 21st century, what would be in it. Newspapers cover the most important stories of the last 24 hours. Live blogs, like this one, cover the most important stories of the last 24 minutes. But the story of the 21st story is obviously, obviously, the climate crisis, and this does feature in the daily news agenda too.