Environment minister and Boris Johnson ally Lord Zac Goldsmith has resigned from government, accusing Rishi Sunak of showing 'apathy towards the environment'.
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"I will never understand how, with all the knowledge we now have about our fundamental reliance on the natural world and the speed with which we are destroying it, anyone can be uninterested," he went on.He concluded the letter: "It has been a privilege to be able to work with so many talented people in government, in particular my Private Office, and to have been able to make a difference to a cause I have been committed to for as long as I remember.
"With great reluctance I am therefore stepping down as a Minister in order to focus my energy where it can be more useful."Lord Goldsmith, alongside Nadine Dorries, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and Priti Patel, were heavily criticised for 'undermining procedures of the House of Commons" by criticising its inquiry into Mr Johnson.
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