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Andy Burnham is facing opposition from his own backbenchers over plans to prohibit new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. Critics have labeled the policy as self-harm, questioning if the Prime Minister is prioritizing net zero goals over economic and energy stability.
Backbenchers have called the plan perverse and hypocritical. The policy raises concerns about the impact on British jobs.
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“Andy Burnham is facing a huge backlash from his own MPs today over his, quote, perverse and hypocritical plans to ban new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, backbenchers have blasted it as an act of self-harm. Is the Prime Minister putting net zero ideology before cheaper energy bills and British jobs?”