nationally and internationally. the committee chairman described approval for a new coal mine in cumbria is total nonsense and slammed plans to give the go ahead to a major new oil field off the coast of the shetland islands. the government, however, denies it is off course. we ve met all our carbon budgets to date, we are confident of doing so in future, but it is extremely ambitious and the committee is right, it is its job to challenge us on areas where we need to go further and faster. and challenge it has. it says there needs to be a major increase in pace and urgency if the government is to meet its legally binding climate commitments. justin rowlatt, bbc news, london s guildhall. the conservative daniel korski, who is facing a formal complaint over an allegation of groping, has pulled out of the race to be london mayor. the tv producer daisy goodwin accused him in a newspaper column of touching her inappropriately in downing street a decade ago. mr korski says he categorically d