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Earlier this week, Burnham’s new government faced questions about how the removal of VAT on electricity bills would be funded

Meanwhile, the new energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh was met by campaigners from Fossil Free London outside the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero this morning, demanding that she scrap the Rosebank oilfield, Damian Carrington reports.

Protesters dressed as firefighters held placards reading, ‘We’re already putting out fires, don’t start new ones.’

Robin Wells, director of Fossil Free London said: “We all deserve to know where our next meal is coming from, to feel safe in our homes and have faith for our future. But the stability of our food supply, the integrity of our homes and the future of organised society is in serious jeopardy due to the gouging of new fossil fuels out of our UK seas.

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