Minister of State at the Department for Energy Security, Sarah Jones, advocated for the government's industrial strategy and net zero policies this week – despite the ongoing chaos within the Labour Party.

Sarah Jones faced an unenviable task this week.

The Labour minister had to try and promote a year’s worth of work with her Industrial Strategy, knowing she was going to be instantly overshadowed by her party’s internal chaos.

Keir Starmer was forced into a humiliating climbdown on the government’s welfare cuts after 126 Labour MPs said they were prepared to vote them down.

It was the prime minister’s third U-turn in a month, after he also changed his position on cutting winter fuel payments from pensioners and whether to hold a national inquiry into the child grooming gangs scandal.

Jones’ attempt to promote the Industrial Strategy as a way of boosting the economy over the next decade therefore felt rather out of sync with the souring mood among many of her Labour colleagues.

But, despite this backdrop of indecision and uncertainty, Jones insisted there was one area where the government would not be forced into a change of position – Net Zero.

The plan to achieve “carbon neutrality” by 2050 makes up a key part of Jones’ vision for the future.

Net zero is aone of the few policy areas where Labour is not being accused of moving to the right, despite pressure from their conservative opponents.

Nigel Farage has condemned the policy as “net stupid........

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