Rishi Sunak to reinstate fracking ban as he touts ambition for 'more renewables'

Michael Holder
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 Sunak held his first cabinet meeting as PM today | Credit: Simon Walker / No 10 Downing Street
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Sunak held his first cabinet meeting as PM today | Credit: Simon Walker / No 10 Downing Street

New PM signals return to commitments in 2019 Conservative manifesto including on fracking, green farming subsidy reform, and nature protection, but remains tight-lipped on onshore wind

Rishi Sunak today signalled that he intends to reinstate the ban on fracking in England, as the new Prime Minister touted the importance of "more renewables, more offshore wind and indeed more nuclear"...

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