Rishi Sunak has accused Lord Zac Goldsmith of resigning with a scathing attack on the Government's environmental "apathy" after refusing to apologise for a campaign to undermine an investigation into Boris Johnson.The ally of the former prime minister dramatically quit his Foreign Office role on Friday, accusing Mr Sunak of being "simply uninterested" in tackling the climate crisis.However, the Prime Minister hit back by making clear that Lord Goldsmith had been asked to apologise over his comme

Rishi Sunak has accused Lord Zac Goldsmith of resigning with a scathing attack on the Government's environmental "apathy" after refusing to apologise for a campaign to undermine an investigation into Boris Johnson.The ally of the former prime minister dramatically quit his Foreign Office role on Friday, accusing Mr Sunak of being "simply uninterested" in tackling the climate crisis.However, the Prime Minister hit back by making clear that Lord Goldsmith had been asked to apologise over his comments about the Privileges Committee inquiry that found Mr Johnson lied to MPs with his partygate denials.Mr Sunak noted the Tory peer "decided to take a different course" but said the apology was necessary because his remarks were "incompatible" with his position as a minister.Lord Goldsmith, who was handed his peerage by Mr Johnson, announced his resignation a day after being named by the Privileges Committee as one of eight parliamentarians who had launched "attacks" on its work.