2019 manifesto is Conservative mandate – new PM25 Oct 2022 14:09
The new prime minister has said he will deliver on the promises in the 2019 Conservative election manifesto.
The manifesto included a moratorium on fracking in England, lifted by the previous prime minister, Liz Truss, on her fourth day in office.
Rishi Sunak, speaking in Downing Street this morning, said the party’s 2019 election mandate belonged and united “all of us”. He said:
“The heart of that mandate is our manifesto. I will deliver on its promise.”
He did not mention fracking in the brief speech. Nor did one of his key supporters, the former Home Office minister, Victoria Atkins, in broadcast interviews this morning.
But she told Sky News:
“Rishi said we will stick to the 2019 manifesto. It’s as simple as that,”
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