Chris Skidmore: Conservative MP quits over more oil and gas licences
The former energy minister, Chris Skidmore, has resigned over new legislation to offer more offshore oil and gas licences, prompting another by-election.
The former energy minister, Chris Skidmore, has resigned over new legislation to offer more offshore oil and gas licences, prompting another by-election.
Claire Coutinho has been appointed the new secretary of state for energy and net zero.
Labour’s policy to end oil and gas exploration in the North Sea will also apply onshore, the party has said.
The UK’s most controversial shale gas site has won a two-year reprieve before it must be returned to farmland.
A proposal to condemn fracking as “inappropriate” in North Yorkshire failed this afternoon.
Cuadrilla should be refused more time to restore its fracking site in Lancashire, the local Conservative MP has told the county council.
The reviewer of the government’s net zero strategy said he nearly left the Conservatives following the chaotic vote on fracking last year.
The prime minister has created a new department for energy security and net zero.
Ministers have refused a request to overturn planning permission for expansion and long-term production at a Rathlin Energy oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.
Three years ago today, the government formally confirmed a moratorium on fracking in England.