![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/rishi-sunak-brings-back-fracking-ban-after-48-days-in-seismic-tory-o-turn/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1_Exploration-Continues-At-The-Preston-New-Road-Fracking-Site.jpg&description=The Prime Minister's spokesman confirmed Liz Truss's decision to allow shale gas drilling just 48 days ago is now 'in the bin' - coming full circle back to the 2019 manifestoWorkmen construct Cuadrilla's shale gas fracking drilling rig near Westby in 2017 Rishi Sunak today BROUGHT BACK England's fracking ban in a Tory O-turn - after the divisive drilling was allowed for just 48 days. The new Prime Minister U-turned on Liz Truss 's original U-turn, bringing the party full circle back to its 2019 manifesto 'moratorium' on shale gas extraction. The PM's official spokesman gave the confirmation after Mr Sunak was pressed on the issue at his first Prime Minister's Questions. Mr Sunak had told the Commons he "stands by" the 2019 Conservative Party manifesto - and insisted his Government will deliver on what was agreed at the UN Cop26 Glasgow climate talks. Friends of the Earth energy campaigner Danny Gross branded it a 'fantastic victory for common sense, the environment and local communities across the country'. He added: 'The government must now focus on real solutions to the energy crisis including a street-by-street home insulation programme and developing the UK's huge potential of onshore wind and solar energy production.' The new Prime Minister U-turned on Liz Truss's original U-turn ( Getty Images) Fracking involves extracting gas from rocks and breaking them up with water and chemicals at high pressure. A 'moratorium' was imposed in 2019 after experts said it was not possible to accurately model earthquakes linked to the process. The Tory manifesto in 2019 pledged: 'We will not support fracking unless the science shows categorically that it can be done safely.' But in her leadership campaign, Liz Truss said "I support exploring fracking in parts of the United Kingdom where that can be done". And on September 8 she formally lifted the ban, despite the British Geological Survey (BGS) warning there were still 'significant existing knowledge gaps'. Amid a Tory backla){kind=link}
The Prime Minister’s spokesman confirmed Liz Truss’s decision to allow shale gas drilling just 48 days ago is now ‘in the bin’ – coming full circle back to the 2019 manifesto
Rishi Sunak today BROUGHT BACK England’s fracking ban in a Tory O-turn – after the divisive drilling was allowed for just 48 days.
The new Prime Minister U-turned on Liz Truss ‘s original U-turn, bringing the party full circle back to its 2019 manifesto “moratorium” on shale gas extraction.
The PM’s official spokesman gave the confirmation after Mr Sunak was pressed on the issue at his first Prime Minister’s Questions.
Mr Sunak had told the Commons he “stands by” the 2019 Conservative Party manifesto – and insisted his Government will deliver on what was agreed at the UN Cop26 Glasgow climate talks.