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Chris Skidmore

6 months

Later this month on 28/11 Mission Zero-the report of the Net Zero Review- will be published in paperback by @BitebackPub ahead of COP28. Commissioned by the UK government, Mission Zero sets out in detail how to better deliver net zero and green growth:

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

As the former Energy Minister who signed Net Zero into law, for the sake of our environment and climate, I cannot personally vote tonight to support fracking and undermine the pledges I made at the 2019 General Election. I am prepared to face the consequences of my decision.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

August, 110 years ago.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

1 year

I am not prepared to break international law or the human rights conventions that the UK has had a proud history of playing a leading role in establishing. I will not be voting for the bill tonight.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

5 years

The saddest story Roald Dahl ever wrote- on the death of his daughter Olivia from measles. This is a deadly, highly infectious disease- if you haven’t had your child appropriately vaccinated, please do so. We must not go backwards #VaccinesWork

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

This is Godfrey. Godfrey is an idiot. Don’t be like Godfrey.

Godfrey Bloom

@goddersbloom

4 years

Well, we didn't close our pubs in the blitz 60,000 people killed then What happened to our nation?

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 months

A Statement

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

9 months

My comment on today’s announcement

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

Got a promotion in the #reshuffle to be a better Dad with more time to spend with this gorgeous little one.... Thanks everyone who I’ve had the chance to work with and the civil service teams that have supported me- you have all been amazing

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

6 months

International students are not migrants. They aren’t planning on settling in the U.K., the vast majority return home after their studies. They also contribute nearly £42 billion per annum to the U.K. economy. Take them out of the migration statistics, they don’t belong there.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 months

I have formally resigned as a Member of Parliament. My letter to the Chancellor:

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

9 months

Agreeing to new oil and gas fields won’t help the UK. It will only create more declining and stranded assets that will cost our future economy when we can be investing and creating jobs and growth in clean energy. And as I’ve consistently said, leadership requires us to lead:

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

My letter to Sir Graham Brady

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

Impartial journalism at its best from the former News of the World editor...

Piers Morgan

@piersmorgan

4 years

UPDATE: In place of spineless Govt ministers, our special political guest on ⁦ @GMB ⁩ tomorrow will be former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

The average household uses 242kwh of electricity a month. A single bitcoin transaction uses 1,173kwh of electricity. At a time when we need greater energy security to meet demand, that's a lot of electric logs to be throwing on the fire...

Matt Hancock

@MattHancock

2 years

If we get the regulation right crypto will not only accelerate growth but make financial systems more transparent and reduce crime We must understand and harness the potential of new technologies, not fear and avoid their disruptive power My comments to the London Crypto Club⬇️

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

6 years

Voted Remain in 2016. Would now vote Leave. It’s clear we are diverging from the future direction of EU. Yet I still respect the referendum result in 2016 as final- those calling for a second vote or delaying article 50 simply want to turn against democracy and block Brexit

Change Britain

@Change_Britain

6 years

UK ministers have bent over backwards to meet EU demands without any meaningful concessions from the other side - the EU's behaviour is one of many reasons why former Remain supporters are switching to Leave.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

Tonight at 1922 hustings I asked every candidate the same question- will they commit to maintaining our legislative commitment to net zero by 2050. Organising CEN MP caucus hustings for Mon morning as well- keen to keep environment and climate change on the agenda in the contest

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

Life is what happens when you’re busy making election plans... Hello Ottilie Skidmore!

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

To all university staff, admissions offices, welfare officers, and many more who are going out of their way to ensure recruitment can be as smooth as possible. You are helping to transform lives, provide opportunity and expand minds and horizons. Just wanted to say Thank You

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

In my new role as minister for bath time in the Skidmore household, I seem to have made the rookie error of allowing my son to take a cardboard tube in the bath... he says he’s created a map of all the penguins in Antarctica

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 months

As I stated in my resignation letter, the future will judge harshly any MP that votes for new additional fossil fuels. Today’s legislation makes no economic sense, will deliver no additional energy security, and breaks the UK’s international commitments on climate action.

Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 months

A Statement

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

1 year

The easiest and fastest way to reduce net migration is to remove international students from these artificial statistics. They aren’t migrants, the vast majority leave after their studies, they subsidise home student fees and research, and spend over £40bn in local economies.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

10 months

Taking action on climate change should be cross-party and not used for playing party politics if we are serious about delivering emissions reductions across a period that will span several governments. This issue is too important to create dividing lines or play political games.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

They didn’t win them. It’s not a raffle. These students earned their places through hard work, often despite adversity

More BAME undergraduates win places at Oxford University

Vice-chancellor Prof Louise Richardson said the diversity figures showed "steady progress".

www.bbc.com

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

3 years

The Arts and Humanities are of high value. Not just as the educational basis for our legal, financial, creative arts sectors. Not just in subsiding STEM subjects across universities. They are of high value as disciplines that are at the core of western thought and a free society

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

I spoke to @bbcnews earlier about why I will only be backing a candidate who supports action on the environment, climate change and doesn't want to row back on our commitments to net zero by 2050

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

6 years

Our @UKCivilService is the best in the world, comprising of some of the brightest minds I’ve ever met- impartiality and objectivity is at the core of this vital public service and we owe it to our democracy to defend civil servants who cannot speak out for themselves

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

9 months

This is factually untrue @DavidGHFrost Please read the Net Zero Review before making incorrect statements like this. The Mission Zero report very clearly sets out trade offs and costs, with new factual analysis on this

David Frost

@DavidGHFrost

9 months

Good article from @FraserNelson . Excellent if the PM is to start talking about the trade-offs of net zero. But if so he will have to take on people like @CSkidmoreUK who claim there aren't any trade-offs & delivering net zero will *boost* growth.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

1 year

'Mission Zero'- The Net Zero Review has been published. Thanks to everyone who took part in the largest engagement exercise on net zero. The 340 page report makes 129 recommendations to deliver net zero at scale and lower cost. Read the report here:

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

Erasmus+ participation is protected under the Withdrawal Agreement and we are open to participation in the new Erasmus successor programme from 2021- this will be part of future relationship negotiations with the EU once the scheme has been finalised

UK 'committed' to maintaining Erasmus+ exchange scheme

DfE says government wants to ensure students can continue to benefit from European exchange scheme

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

I'm delighted to have been invited by the PM to conduct a review into meeting our Net Zero commitments in the most economically-efficient way. I'm committed to ensuring we continue to lead the world in our Net Zero plans in a way that is pro-business and pro-growth 1/2

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

I have decided to set up the Net Zero Support Group- to demonstrate and maintain Conservative support for net zero carbon emissions and policies needed to deliver this. We need clean & secure energy sources for the future that aren’t reliant upon high cost imported fossil fuels

Anushka Asthana

@AnushkaAsthana

2 years

New: I’ve heard that former energy minister @CSkidmoreUK who signed net 0 into law has emailed all Tory MPs to try to establish a Net Zero Support group of Tory MPs. Comes as many in party pushing to scrap green levies. There is a real battle brewing in the Tory party on this. 1/

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

3 years

The Veiled Christ by Giuseppe Sanmartino, 1753. Not sure if a more perfect or perhaps impossible marble sculpture could be created... #Easter

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

7 months

Let’s party conference like it’s 1992 #waronmotorists

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

10 months

Net zero isn’t a crusade. It has always been a proportionate and pragmatic approach to protecting our environment and economy against vast risks and costs while reducing our emissions in a way that delivers new jobs, future industries and doesn’t leave communities behind.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

8 months

This week may have been a dark week for progress on getting UK off expensive fossil fuels, but the shadow it casts into the future is what’s most concerning. Investment will go elsewhere, while energy bills and costs will continue to rise. Shouldn’t really need explaining:

Hugo Gye

@HugoGye

8 months

exc @theipaper Net zero U-turn will increase the cost of living by extending reliance on imported gas and put UK behind other countries in attracting investment, 108 economists have told Rishi Sunak in a new letter. Read more:

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

Good to see more focus today on climate action in the leadership contest. I’m pleased to announce @AlokSharma_RDG has agreed to chair a Conservative Environment Network MP caucus hustings I’ve organised at 1pm on Monday. Delighted also that all candidates have agreed to attend.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

8 months

If there is are any trade-offs to be made, it is to be honest that delaying the UK’s ability to lead the energy transition will mean less investment, slower growth, fewer jobs and ultimately higher bills. That’s the consequences of this week’s decisions.

Delaying net zero will only damage Britain

Net zero has always been proportionate, pragmatic and fair. It makes no economic sense to abandon the commitments we gave to industry

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

Amid the debate on energy costs, while UK prices are being driven upwards by dependence on rising foreign gas prices- we should not forget that we must make better insulation of all homes a driving part of our net zero strategy.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

1 year

My article for the @guardian today on why a new oilfield that could potentially produce 500 million barrels of oil cannot be compatible with the UK’s ambitions to be a global leader in clean energy and deliver net zero by 2050

I’m a Tory MP, but I can’t let ministers trash our net zero pledge with the Rosebank oilfield |...

It would be able to produce 500m barrels, exceeding our carbon budgets for the oil and gas industry. It will also make the UK poorer, says Chris Skidmore, chair of the Net Zero Review

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

8 months

As the #MissionZero report showed, there is only a cost, not a benefit, to delay.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

This is extremely serious and illegal. While universities should encourage student voter registration, the process itself must be perfomed by the students themselves- completing the registration through individual voter registration with ID.

Thousands of students 'registered to vote without their knowledge'

UNIVERSITIES and Labour councils have been accused of registering thousands of students to vote without their knowledge in a bid to boost left-wing turnout. An investigation in uni city Plymouth ha…

www.thesun.co.uk

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

Our canvassing this morning- read this on one doorstep. Got the message @JohnnyMercerUK

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

5 years

I wanted also to thank everyone in HE world for their kind tweets- it has been the best time in my working life to have represented our fantastic Universities as their Minister- from incredible student unions to passionate early career researchers, I was left in awe. Thank you

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

As a new poll out in @telegraph today shows Conservative members overwhelmingly support rolling out more energy efficiency measures and renewables- including onshore wind- let’s get on and deliver an energy security revolution at lower cost for the U.K. 👇

Politicians blow hot and cold, but most Tory members want more wind farms

Poll reveals overwhelming support for new onshore and offshore projects

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

1 year

Some thoughts on the future...

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

Back home from the hospital. Thanks so much to the NHS staff who were all so brilliant. Now for an extended period of twitter silence. Sorry #GE2019 there’s more important things in life to look after...

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

7 months

My view on why we do not need a new oilfield in addition to what we have. Politics is about priorities and our priority should be reducing fossil fuel use through renewable power and greater energy efficiency. To carry on as normal cannot be an option.

Here's why the Rosebank oil field is a climate and economic disaster

The oil industry is rapidly shedding jobs and Britain risks losing hundreds of thousands of new ones in the renewable sector to other countries, writes Conservative MP Chris Skidmore

www.scotsman.com

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

5 years

Delighted and honoured to have been appointed Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation at @beisgovuk and @educationgovuk

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

To all Y13 pupils: Unis know your year faced the most stressful challenges ever faced by pupils. Unis know your awards- while the product of hard work- are not an accurate measure of your potential. Unis want to help you reach that potential- and will be on your side tomorrow

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

Now more than ever before, universities have proved their importance in R&D but also as anchor institutions in some of our most vulnerable communities- and will be vitally important in the levelling up agenda across every region. They deserve our support

Universities’ plea for £2bn bailout falls on deaf ears in Treasury

Whitehall divided on whether sector needs special treatment despite warning of bankruptcies

www.ft.com

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

3 years

Online provision at university has cost more in resources and time to provide. Thank you to all uni staff for your hard work making it happen. Calls for fee cuts would simply lead to job losses and less choice. Clip of my speech in Commons debate tonight:

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

The majority of Conservative MPs- like the rest of the country- support tackling climate change through net zero. I’m determined alongside other @CEN_HQ MPs that the next Prime Minister maintains our net zero commitments. This issue is too important to play politics with.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

7 months

As someone who has campaigned for better road safety over the past ten years- ever since the horrific deaths of Ross and Clare Simons in my constituency when I helped set up Justice 4 Ross and Clare- the case for lower speed limits in family neighbourhoods shouldn’t be doubted

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

8 months

My article for the @telegraph on why delaying carefully planned and proportionate net zero measures will only cause economic pain and cost householders more. We cannot afford for ‘not zero’ to damage businesses and jobs

Delaying net zero will only damage Britain

Net zero has always been proportionate, pragmatic and fair. It makes no economic sense to abandon the commitments we gave to industry

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

6 months

My speech to Parliament today setting out why I cannot vote for the King’s Speech and its measures to legislate for more new oil and gas licences:

Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : 'Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower' on Thursday 9 November 2023.

hansard.parliament.uk

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

In today’s Telegraph with @ZacGoldsmith

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

No it’s 7.7% and falling year on year. And this year renewables will pay back over £700m thanks to ever lower costs… Meanwhile the 400% increase in gas prices is hardly working well for cheap energy either

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@TalkTV

2 years

The Chancellor will promise help for hard-up families hit by huge energy bill rises. Chairman of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group Craig Mackinlay: "25% of bills are renewable subsidies. If renewables are so great they're not working well for cheap energy." @JuliaHB1 | @cmackinlay

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

10 months

I have tabled amendments to the Energy Bill at Report Stage including legislating for: 🌍No new coal mines 🌍Ban on gas flaring and venting 🌍2035 net zero power grid 🌍Agreement on an end date for new oil and gas licences 🌍Leaving Energy Charter Treaty 👉

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

On the target: Yes to Net Zero 2050: Rishi, Penny, Liz Move Net Zero target back: Suella, Tom T Change concept of target to be more accountable/delivery plan: Kemi Penny and Liz would also suspend green levies

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

7 months

I will continue to back my own local Conservative councillors inc @EricaWilliamsSG @sgconservatives who are working with local residents’ groups to deliver better road safety in villages like Bitton- calling for a 20mph limit

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

A new record. Offshore wind- which the U.K. isn’t dependent on other countries for- is now at a record low price- x4 times cheaper than gas. We have reached a tipping point where it surely must be clear that renewables are the future- and the faster we move to them the better

Adair Turner

@AdairTurnerUK

2 years

Offshore wind at £37 per Mwh : current wholesale price oscillating around £100 - £200 . Why does anyone think delaying U.K. path to net zero will help with energy bills ?

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

5 years

Fantastic to return as Universities Minister with this announcement tonight. All credit to the dedication of @JoJohnsonUK for making this happen. But there are no ‘foreign’ students- let’s commit to extending our international reputation of our universities being #trulyglobal

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

The @BritishAcademy_ report out today demonstrates the vital importance of the arts, humanities and social science graduates in the 21st century workplace, and their value for society. Degrees which are world renowned for their quality should be equally respected closer to home

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

Couldn’t care less. Good on him. And the donkeys too.

Iain Martin

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4 years

The Tory faux outrage about Starmer owning a nice field reminds me of Tory attempts to take down Blair in 94/95. He went to a smart school! He owns a nice house! Didn't work.

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5 years

Better dust off the lab coat...

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

Early train this morning as it’s the start of the @EnvironmentAPPG Net Zero regional tour across the country- heading to north west where I’m determined to show that net zero is a benefit not a cost and a key deliverer of economic growth

Tory MP begins ‘net zero tour’ of UK to highlight benefits of action

Chris Skidmore urges new PM to ignore ‘tiny vocal minority in Westminster’ arguing against climate target

www.theguardian.com

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@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

Net zero is the solution not the problem here. Not taking swifter action on insulation, Grid market reform and diversifying our energy supply away from fossil fuels has led directly to where we are now. If we simply maintain the status quo, the cost of living will only rise.

Tony Diver

@Tony_Diver

2 years

📉NEW: Senior Cabinet ministers believe there should be a rethink of the net zero pledge, the Telegraph can disclose. One says the UK “should not be running towards net zero so aggressively” as millions face soaring bills. Another: “The priority should be the cost of living.”

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

I’ve written in tomorrow’s @Telegraph jointly with @ZacGoldsmith on why rowing back on net zero and the environment would be an electoral disaster for the Conservative party

Ditching net zero would be electoral suicide for Conservatives

Tory leadership hopefuls must recognise that environmental protection is popular with the public

www.telegraph.co.uk

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@CSkidmoreUK

5 years

@sajidjavid I have decided that with the support of the majority of MPs and members, @BorisJohnson can unite the party and deliver Brexit with a liberal agenda for the future, that backs freedom of talent and must as a priority protect our European research and education partnerships 2/2

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Must be why she told MPs during leadership hustings she believed in net zero, signed the Conservative Environment Pledge and asked me to deliver the #MissionZero report… lizards of the world unite!

An unaccountable net zero elite has seized control of Britain

The zealous drive to net neutrality is making business less competitive, hitting taxpayers, and acting as a drag on economic growth

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

Delighted and proud to be reappointed as Universities Minister to represent the best and fairest HE system in the world. Our fantastic universities across the U.K. are part of the solution, not the problem, to ensuring everyone, regardless of background, fulfils their potential

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@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

Fantastic news and well done @UniofNottingham @trentuni - please any other universities which can supply testing equipment please look to do the same- universities are really stepping up in this national effort against coronavirus, from leading research to adapting admissions

Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN

@UniofNottingham

4 years

In 24hrs we found and prepped 16 PCR testing machines (including 3 @TrentUni ) to support national coronavirus testing. Kit worth £1m can run approx. 20k tests a day - thanks for collecting @BritishArmy ! Read online: #WeAreUoN #COVID19 #UnisForNottingham

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

3 years

Well done @nadhimzahawi @MattHancock @BorisJohnson on a world leading programme- and this is before the Oxford vaccine comes on stream. Supporting and investing in research and scientific discovery doesn’t just change lives, it saves them too.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

Not now guys- can we just try on both sides of the argument not to divide when we really need to unite around evidence based reasoning and science, protecting as many vulnerable people as possible- the political sideshow can wait

The Telegraph

@Telegraph

4 years

The EU's cack-handed response to coronavirus is proof we were right to get out

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2 years

Last night’s vote seems a long time ago. But there are important lessons to be learned. All candidates for the leadership contest must never forget the importance of protecting our environment and climate for future generations. 1/3

Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

As the former Energy Minister who signed Net Zero into law, for the sake of our environment and climate, I cannot personally vote tonight to support fracking and undermine the pledges I made at the 2019 General Election. I am prepared to face the consequences of my decision.

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Chris Skidmore

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4 years

Pleased to have been officially appointed Co-Chair of @universityappg this afternoon. I look forward to continuing to make the case for why our world leading UK universities can drive innovation, lift social mobility and regenerate local economies- and why they deserve support

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

Not ‘given’- these pupils worked hard to earn their places, with some from deprived backgrounds and being the first in their families to attend university. They deserve their success- many congratulations

The Guardian

@guardian

4 years

Record numbers of state school pupils given Oxford places

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

3 years

Thank you to all university staff for your efforts in providing online learning to students at this hugely difficult time. Like all teachers, you too deserve to be recognised and appreciated for this enormous task. From my speech to the House of Commons this evening:

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

5 years

What is the point of this story? Art of historic interest saved for the nation by the Fitzwilliam Museum, using funds raised by donations and grant. We need responsible journalism that doesn’t use universities for click bait.

Universities defy funding shortfall to spend millions on art

Cambridge’s £1.6m purchases head the list of Russell Group universities that found money to buy artwork for their campuses despite financial uncertainty

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

8 months

Improved insulation and fossil free heating can save billions on household bills rather than waste energy. It should be a total no-brainer and was a #NetZeroReview mission. I’ve written a new report MISSION RETROFIT launching on 28/9. To watch/register:

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

This doesn’t strike me as that helpful or productive in a time of national crisis when ministers are already pretty busy- why not simply pick up the phone to @GavinWilliamson and see how best to work constructively, as @NickTorfaen has already done

Rebecca Long-Bailey

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4 years

Some initial questions to @GavinWilliamson re: urgent coronavirus support. Should keep him busy for a few days 😉

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Our Civil servants are outstanding professionals. In the 5 departments I served, & in Chairing the Net Zero Review, they have all worked tirelessly & delivered. My one regret not being in government since 2020 is not having the chance to work alongside & learn more from them.

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Search but not actually read- paywall still here. After news that U.K. universities have paid around £1bn to platforms last year, it’s clear the model is broken and outdated in the digital age. Publicly funded research should be available publicly.

JSTOR

@JSTOR

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You can search all open access content on JSTOR without a login - there's more than 6,000 ebooks and over 150 journals:

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Last night’s vote- game playing by opposition parties- does not end or prevent the UK participating in @EUErasmusPlus after leaving the EU. We remain open to participation and this will be part of future negotiations with the EU- we highly value international student exchanges

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5 years

The legislation to amend the Climate Change Act to ensure we are the first G7 country committed to #NetZero by 2050 has this week passed in both the Commons and Lords. I have signed the SI as @beisgovuk Energy Minister- ensuring the legislation will come into force from today

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@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

OK now I’ve got the #netzero by 2050 pledge from nearly all candidates, we’ve sorted the why- need to start working on the how and the what…

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@CSkidmoreUK

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Amazing to see how our universities across the U.K. are doing a fantastic job providing additional research and testing support to help battle #COVID19 - describe your University’s own efforts using hashtag #unisupport and I will retweet to highlight the sector’s fab efforts

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@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

Today we’ve announced a new ‘Global Talent’ VISA route led by UKRI so that the U.K. can be even more open to leading researchers from across the world- as well as £300m investment in maths research and a major new Bureaucracy Review of research funding:

Boost for UK science with unlimited visa offer to world's brightest and best

Top scientists to be given fast-tracked entry into the UK.

www.gov.uk

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@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

Good to see #netzero raised during tonight’s debate. Tomorrow I’ve organised for Conservative MPs an environment hustings chaired by COP President @AlokSharma_RDG . Every candidate will attend. I look forward to hearing in more detail about their policies to tackle climate change

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@CSkidmoreUK

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To destroy original copies of documents dating back centuries, especially the last wills and testaments of the dead, is a huge mistake. The past is not ours to destroy, we should be the guardians of all its records for the future

Ministry of Justice

@MoJGovUK

5 months

Are you a history or ancestry enthusiast? We’re proposing to digitise millions of wills dating back to the 1800s, making them easier for the public to access. Take a fascinating look into our storage archive in Birmingham and have your say:

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@CSkidmoreUK

4 years

Next week U.K. future of participation in Horizon research programme will be discussed. Vital we associate fully to maintain our research collaborations. Researchers pls highlight why it’s so important using #onehorizon hashtag and help to demonstrate why we need full association

David Frost

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4 years

I and the whole UK team are looking forward to the third Round of our negotiations with the EU, which will once again take place remotely. The talks begin on Monday and here is the agenda.

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@CSkidmoreUK

5 years

As a former @cabinetofficeuk minister I’ve seen first hand how dedicated and impartial @UKCivilService are in their jobs. The fact that there is a deal on the table with EU-which many doubted- is down to many hours of hard work and negotiation. Now let’s wait calmly for details.

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

10 months

Some summer reading for anyone thinking that further delaying action on net zero might be a good idea

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@CSkidmoreUK

1 year

The Mission Zero Report will be formally launched at an event on Monday 11.30am-1pm at @KingsCollegeLon . I will be speaking alongside Climate Minister @grahamstuart followed by a panel discussion. To watch the event online live at 11.30am go to:

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@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

The Racial Disparity Audit conducted by the government in 2018/19 demonstrated that black and ethic minority students with equal A level grades to white students perform 18 points below the average at degree level. This inequality needs to be tackled- not treated as a culture war

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

5 years

Who doesn’t love a university essay deadline @UniversitiesUK ?

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Chris Skidmore

@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

We have reached a tipping point where renewables are far cheaper than gas, meaning markets are moving faster than ever towards the energy transition

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@CSkidmoreUK

5 years

The stamina and resilience of @theresa_may this week has been phenomenal. 3hr statement on Monday, 1hr PMQs, Brussels, 2 1/2hr statement today, Brussels again Sat, likely all night #EUCO Sunday. Others have walked away yet she is still out batting in the national interest

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@CSkidmoreUK

2 years

My letter to @RishiSunak as Chair of the Net Zero Support Group on why we should be investing more in the future of energy efficiency and measures that could be taken now to help against the cost of gas crisis- especially with over 60% public backing #netzero policies @ukonward

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