A senior Conservative MP has said that Liz Truss must not “nibble at the edges” but instead perform a “powerful” and “significant” U-turn with its so-far disastrous economic plan. Mel Stride, the chair of parliament’s Treasury select committee, told the BBC’s Today programme: “My personal view is that it [a U-turn] should happen, we have reached a point where we need this very powerful and...
Why Government fracking u-turn could be a red herring
Lifting the two year ban on fracking won’t ease the immediate energy supply crisis according to industry experts. As she announced measures to help with domestic and business energy bills, new PM Liz Truss said she was also ending the two year ban on fracturing rocks with high-pressure water to extract shale gas. There have been concerns that the process can cause ground movement and water...