Rishi Sunak Restores Fracking Ban as Video Emerges of him Supporting it During Leadership Contest

Rishi Sunak Restores Fracking Ban as Video Emerges of him Supporting it During Leadership Contest
The Cuadrilla fracking site in Preston New Road. Danny Lawson/PA
Chris Summers
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The new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has restored the moratorium on fracking only weeks after Liz Truss’s government lifted the ban.

A Downing Street spokesman confirmed the news after Sunak was asked about the issue at his first Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.

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