New prime minister Liz Truss is facing a backlash after lifting the UK's ban on fracking in a bid to improve domestic gas supply.
The announcement came with the launch of Ms Truss' Energy Price Guarantee, freezing gas and electric prices at their current rates in a bid to ease the current cost of living crisis.
The UK had suspended all fracking since 2019 following a series of earth tremors, but business and energy secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg claims fracking is in the national interest and will make the country richer. He suggested current limits on acceptable levels of seismic activity are too restrictive and said the government is determined to “realise any potential sources of domestic gas”.
