The prime minister’s support for new North Sea oil and gas drilling licences has been criticised by the government’s own net zero adviser, who has called for an emergency Parliamentary debate on the issue. Rishi Sunak used a trip to Scotland to confirm 100 licences will be issued in September to extract oil and gas from the North Sea, with the government open to further licensing rounds in the future.
Net zero tsar says Sunak on ‘wrong side of history’
