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elections. The party [takes an anti-climate stance](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/15/labour-will-drop-unaffordable-net-zero-policies-predicts-reforms-deputy-leader), and has vowed to encourage fracking, impose punitive taxes on renewable energy generation, and [block solar and windfarms](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/04/reform-uk-government-truss-renewable-energy-policy). The Conservatives have
local elections, in a twin bid to tackle the climate crisis and fight the far right. Joe pointed to recent statistics suggesting 90,000 vulnerable young people could be kept in poverty by Mahmood
local residents?** About 50,000 people in the area have now been evacuated from their homes so far given concerns of a possible leak or explosion. ## **In other news …** ![Women hold up placards