Campaigners slam Tory plan to 'maximise extraction' from North Sea

James Murray
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Kemi Badenoch Credit: House of Commons/Flickr
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Kemi Badenoch Credit: House of Commons/Flickr

Kemi Badenoch to ramp up attacks on Labour’s net zero plans with pledge to issue new wave of oil and gas drilling licenses for the North Sea

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch will this week ratchet up her attacks on the UK's net zero strategy by pledging to reinstate the policy of maximising oil and gas extraction from the North Sea. Badenoch...

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