Streeting pledges to allow new oil and gas drilling in North Sea to fund cheaper UK energy (opens original article in a new tab)

Wes Streeting pledges new North Sea oil and gas drilling to fund cheaper UK energy, proposing planning law changes, centralized decision-making, and immigration boosts.

• Wes Streeting proposes new oil and gas drilling in North Sea to fund cheaper energy
• Plans include overhauling planning laws and reversing Ed Miliband's fossil fuel ban
• Centralizing decision-making for energy projects to bypass local objections
• Introducing emergency laws to speed up data centres, nuclear power, and transport infrastructure
• Boosting high-skilled immigration with 20,000 scientists, engineers, and AI experts