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Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil and Rachael Burford

SHOCKING: Liz truss puts her leadership on the line over fracking confidence vote - You Need To See This

Liz Truss was facing a revolt by Tory MPs opposed to fracking on Wednesday despite whips saying a crunch Commons vote was a “confidence motion in the Government”.

At least three MPs signalled that they would not back the Government in the showdown vote, including the Prime Minister’s net-zero tsar Chris Skidmore, Conservative MP for Kingswood.

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