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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Rowena Mason and Heather Stewart

Johnson hints UK oil and gas output must rise to cut dependence on Russia

Boris Johnson, Justin Trudeau and Mark Rutte
Boris Johnson outside No 10 flanked by Justin Trudeau, left, and Mark Rutte, right. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Boris Johnson has said the UK may have to increase its domestic gas and oil production in order to wean itself off Russian resources, despite the opposition of climate campaigners and some scepticism in the cabinet.

The prime minister said the UK was looking at increasing North Sea output, although critics say it would take two decades to ramp up significantly and would have little immediate effect on the impending rise in domestic energy bills.

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