The Latest Breaking News from Fracking

The PM’s spokesman confirms Sunak is committed to the effective ban on fracking set out in the 2019 manifesto

His predecessor Liz Truss had lifted the moratorium, arguing it would strengthen the country’s energy supply.

Paul Routledge says, due to the ongoing demand for gas, he supports fracking in his home county and hopes it will reduce the ability of Russia to hold Europe to ransom over energy supplies

"I don't trust Wigan Council to make the right decisions on fracking, but I do trust local people, and I will back them where they oppose it.”

Many factors combined to cause Liz Truss’s demise but it was a night of chaos in the British parliament that triggered her resignation.

In a night emblematic of Liz Truss’s chaotic premiership, confusion reigned in parliament as an opposition day motion on the contentious issue of fracking became a confidence vote in her leadership. Labour MPs reported seeing Conservatives being manhandled and “bullied” into the chamber by government whips – who reportedly attempted…

Senior Tory MPs have been accused of bullying members into voting against the bill

Many believe PM should resign as dozens face potentially losing whip over fracking vote

Chaos in Commons compounded by confusion over whether motion was seen as confidence vote