Oil prices: Urgent steps needed to wean UK onto other energy sources, MPs say

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As Middle East conflicts cause oil prices to rise dramatically, government spells out plans for radical energy shift

Ministers will be ordered to adopt urgent measures to wean the country off oil, amid rising concern that the Libya crisis has left the economy exposed to a dramatic rise in fuel prices. With fears growing...

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