FRACKING is set to continue in the UK in a massive energy boost to cash-strapped Brits following a crunch vote in Parliament tonight. Labour had looked to use a vote in Parliament to force the intr…
FRACKING is set to continue in the UK in a massive energy boost to cash-strapped Brits following a crunch vote in Parliament tonight.
Labour had looked to use a vote in Parliament to force the introduction of a draft law to ban fracking.However, in a blow for embattled Prime Minister Liz Truss, rumours came out immediately afterwards that the Government's Chief Whip Wendy Morton and her Deputy Chief Whip had both resigned. This followed a letter from the Chief Whip issued to all Conservative MPs to vote down the motion, calling it a vote of confidence in the government.
Shadow Commons leader Thangam Debbonaire raised a point of order immediately after the vote, saying there were "very strong rumours" Morton had resigned.The former Energy Minister Chris Skidmore was among those who came out against the government ahead of tonight's vote. "As the former Energy Minister who signed Net Zero into law, for the sake of our environment and climate, I cannot personally vote tonight to support fracking and undermine the pledges I made at the 2019 General Election," he tweeted.ministers tore up the ban on frackingJacob Rees-Mogg announced the lifting of the moratorium on shale gas extraction following the energy crisis triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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