No10 hopeful Liz Truss has been accused of plotting a North Sea “drilling frenzy” in a bid to ease spiralling energy prices.
The bookies’ favourite to succeed Boris Johnson is said to be planning to unleash a fresh wave of fossil fuel extraction off the UK coast to combat record gas and electricity bills.
But the plan, thought to have been devised by top allies Jacob Rees-Mogg and Kwasi Kwarteng, triggered a furious reaction from environmental campaigners.
