PM will announce a new system for awarding oil and gas exploration licences, and new pro-car legislation, sources say
Sunak’s recent U-turn appears to have done nothing for his party’s poll standings, but he appears determined to press on.Sunak’s recent U-turn appears to have done nothing for his party’s poll standings, but he appears determined to press on.
But since relaunching his premiership and axing the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2, the Tories have made no progress. In today’s Opinium poll for theDespite this, Whitehall insiders and the energy industry say there are now clear signs that Sunak intends to double down in the hope that he can create “wedge issues” with Labour.
But the plans have been cast into doubt by new analysis that shows that 13 years of North Sea licensing under the Tories has led to the discovery of very small amounts of gas, the equivalent of just nine weeks’ worth of typical usage across the country. After five decades of drilling, the North Sea’s dwindling reserves, which are largely oil, mean significant new discoveries are unlikely.
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