A group of senior Conservative lawmakers has called on Boris Johnson to reverse the government’s ban on fracking as the UK faces an acute energy crisis. In a joint letter to the prime minister, 30 Conservative politicians, including former Brexit minister David Frost and former culture secretary John Whittingdale, said it is “time to reverse this moratorium” on shale gas mining, which came into effect in 2019. UK consumers are under immense pressure from rapidly rising energy prices. Another rise in energy costs is expected in April as suppliers are due to increase prices after the cost of gas in wholesale markets rose by more than 500 percent in less than a year. The letter to Johnson, organised by the Net Zero Scrutiny Group of Conservative MPs, stated that shale gas mining would “allow us to combat the cost of living crisis, level up, create jobs, opportunity, and a renewed …