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Rishi Sunak will reimpose a ban on fracking, Downing Street has confirmed, after the Prime Minister said he is committed to the pledges made in the 2019 Tory manifesto.
Liz Truss lifted the ban when she was premier but Mr Sunak told MPs during his first Prime Minister's Questions that he has "already said I stand by the manifesto on that".
The 2019 Conservative Party manifesto said: "We will not support fracking unless the science shows categorically that it can be done safely."
The Prime Minister’s press secretary said after PMQs that Mr Sunak is “committed to the promise of the manifesto” and would prevent any new shale gas developments in the UK.
The decision to lift the ban was only announced on September 22. There had been a moratorium in place since 2019 which prohibited fracking because of concerns about earth tremors.
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