Submitted by Karen Hankey on Thursday 2nd April 2026
Published on Friday 1st May 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 1st November 2026
Current Signatures: 932
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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$PUSH ~ Affordable ~ Approved ~ Busy ~ Domestic ~ Energy ~ energy prices ~ energy security ~ Families ~ Generate ~ Global ~ Internationals ~ Jobs ~ Lift ~ Maps ~ National Security ~ New oil ~ Nuclear ~ Price ~ renewal ~ scales ~ security ~ Tax
Lift the ban on new UK oil & gas exploration licences to improve energy security
With ongoing wars pushing up global energy prices and increasing reliance on volatile imports, we call on the Government to immediately lift the ban on new oil and gas exploration licences, approve viable projects and support domestic drilling to secure affordable energy for families and businesses.
We believe this will strengthen energy security, protect jobs, generate tax revenue for public services and reduce exposure to international crises while we transition to renewables and scale up nuclear. Recent maps show we have significant untapped potential that we feel should be responsibly developed now. In an unstable world, energy security is national security.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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