Liz Truss set to lift ban on fracking in energy bills plan - breaking Tory manifesto
Downing Street has hinted that the new Prime Minister may tear up the 2019 Tory manifesto pledge to ban shale gas extraction as the government scrambles to help households with spiraling bills
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Liz Truss' new cabinet meets for the first time to review energy bill plan
Liz Truss is set to lift the ban on fracking as she prepares to announce plans to help Britons battling the energy crisis, No10 has suggested.
Downing Street has hinted the new Prime Minister may tear up a 2019 Tory manifesto pledge to ban shale gas extraction as the government scrambles to help households with spiraling bills.
Ms Truss will make a statement in Parliament tomorrow, in which she is expected to pledge to freeze household energy bills at around £2,500 a year.
Details of the plan, estimated to cost over £100bn, are scarce, but it is expected to be funded by government borrowing rather than a controversial idea to recoup it from consumers over 20 years .
Ms Truss could end the moratorium on fracking to deal with the electricity crisis - despite warnings from climate experts that it would not save households money.
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Hugo Philpott/UPI/REX/Shutterstock)During the leadership campaign, Ms Truss said: 'I support the exploration of fracking in parts of the UK where it can be done.
Her press secretary said today: 'She made her position clear during the campaign, but I'm not going to go into the details of this energy package.
Fracting involves extracting gas from rocks and breaking them up with high pressure water and chemicals.
A moratorium was imposed on the controversial process in November 2019 after experts said it was not possible to accurately predict the likelihood or magnitude of earthquakes linked to the process.
The 2019 Tory manifesto promised, "We will not support fracking unless science categorically shows it can be done safely."
The PM's message...
Downing Street has hinted that the new Prime Minister may tear up the 2019 Tory manifesto pledge to ban shale gas extraction as the government scrambles to help households with spiraling bills
Video not available
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Liz Truss' new cabinet meets for the first time to review energy bill plan
Liz Truss is set to lift the ban on fracking as she prepares to announce plans to help Britons battling the energy crisis, No10 has suggested.
Downing Street has hinted the new Prime Minister may tear up a 2019 Tory manifesto pledge to ban shale gas extraction as the government scrambles to help households with spiraling bills.
Ms Truss will make a statement in Parliament tomorrow, in which she is expected to pledge to freeze household energy bills at around £2,500 a year.
Details of the plan, estimated to cost over £100bn, are scarce, but it is expected to be funded by government borrowing rather than a controversial idea to recoup it from consumers over 20 years .
Ms Truss could end the moratorium on fracking to deal with the electricity crisis - despite warnings from climate experts that it would not save households money.
Picture:
Hugo Philpott/UPI/REX/Shutterstock)During the leadership campaign, Ms Truss said: 'I support the exploration of fracking in parts of the UK where it can be done.
Her press secretary said today: 'She made her position clear during the campaign, but I'm not going to go into the details of this energy package.
Fracting involves extracting gas from rocks and breaking them up with high pressure water and chemicals.
A moratorium was imposed on the controversial process in November 2019 after experts said it was not possible to accurately predict the likelihood or magnitude of earthquakes linked to the process.
The 2019 Tory manifesto promised, "We will not support fracking unless science categorically shows it can be done safely."
The PM's message...
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