'The PM is wrong on oil and gas': Rishi Sunak's attack on 'eco-zealots' sparks backlash

Michael Holder
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The PM attended a baseball match in the US yesterday | Credit: Simon Walker / No 10 Downing Street
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The PM attended a baseball match in the US yesterday | Credit: Simon Walker / No 10 Downing Street

PM faces pushback from green business groups, after he accuses Labour of 'leading us into an energy surrender'

Rishi Sunak has been criticised for "inaccurate" remarks, after the Prime Minister blamed "eco-zealots" for pushing for an end to new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, which he claimed would put British...

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