Cllr Tim Prater, who represents Cheriton, Sandgate & Hythe East on Kent County Council , has spoken out against the authority’s recent decision to rescind its climate emergency declaration , calling the move “disreputable” and a failure to consider long-term costs.

The council’s Reform UK administration passed a motion last Friday to reverse the 2019 declaration.

The motion, put forward by Cllr Chris Hespe and Cllr Paul Chamberlain, claims that man-made climate change is not a settled science and cites conspiracy theories which allege that global bodies are using the “climate emergency” to increase state control.

Council leader Linden Kemkaran has previously justified the move on economic grounds, saying that cancelling the council’s Net Zero renewable energy program for property mo

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