rime Minister Rishi Sunak is confronted with another political upheaval as former energy minister Chris Skidmore, MP for Kingswood, Gloucestershire, is set to resign, triggering a by-election. Skidmore’s decision comes in the wake of his disapproval of proposed legislation aimed at boosting North Sea oil and gas drilling.
In a scathing critique of Prime Minister Sunak’s environmental stance, Skidmore, who led a Government review of net zero, announced his resignation on Friday. Expressing his opposition to the forthcoming Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill, he took to X, formerly Twitter, to detail his concerns.
