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New British PM Rishi Sunak reinstates fracking ban

Sunak's Conservative Party said in its 2019 election-winning manifesto that it would 'not support fracking unless the science shows categorically that it can be done safely' [Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo]

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has reinstated a moratorium on fracking in England, reversing a move by his predecessor Liz Truss to lift a ban on the controversial practice.

A spokesman for the new Conservative PM confirmed on Wednesday that he was committed to the position on fracking – the extracting of shale gas from rocks by breaking them up – set out by his party in its 2019 manifesto.

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