Rishi Sunak plans to restrict the installation of solar panels on swathes of British farmland. Solar panels in the countryside are disliked by many rural Conservative MPs... reviving plans to put new restrictions on this form of cheap renewable energy.
The Guardian, October 7th 2023

Tabled as an amendment to the Energy Bill, the proposed legislation would stop projects over 500 acres in size from being built when 20 per cent or more is classified as "best and most versatile agricultural land". If approved, it would leave each UK household up to £180 a year worse off because the equivalent electricity would be produced by using more expensive gas instead.
The Independent, September 4th 2023

Professor Doyne Farmer, who led a University of Oxford study which found the transition to net zero will save the global economy an estimated $12 trillion, calls Sunak’s announcement a "cynical political ploy".
The Big Issue, September 28th 2023