The chief executive of the UK’s first shale gas company has criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to restore the ban on fracking, saying it “beggars belief.”
Fracking, which has been effectively banned in the UK since 2019, is a sensitive issue for the ruling Conservative Party.
While some senior Conservatives support fracking as a way to boost the UK’s energy supplies, many Tory MPs face strong opposition to the practice in their constituencies.
Liz Truss lifted the fracking ban in September during her brief spell as prime minister, as she argued it would strengthen the country’s energy security following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine….