Matthew Hancock called for cuts to wind power subsidies while Liz Truss claimed renewable power was damaging the economy
The new set of Conservative environment and energy ministers announced on Tuesday bring a track record of opposing renewable energy, having fought against wind and solar farms, enthusiastically backed fracking and argued that green subsidies damage the economy.
New energy minister, Matthew Hancock, signed a letter to David Cameron in 2012 demanding that subsidies for onshore windfarms were slashed. I support renewable energy but we need to do it in a way that gives the most value for money and that does not destroy our natural environment, he said at the time.