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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Athena Stavrou

Badenoch dismisses calls for fuel rationing as her North Sea oil drilling proposal branded ‘dangerous fantasy’

Kemi Badenoch has said fuel rationing should not be the government’s first response to rising energy costs, as she urged for more drilling of domestic oil and gas in the North Sea instead.

The Conservative Party leader has pushed for Britain to capitalise on its own oil and gas reserves in an effort to shield UK households from rising energy costs amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.

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