Whitehall officials are negotiating with companies including Cheniere and Venture Global amid intense pressure on Liz Truss’s administration to bolster Britain’s energy security, Sky News learns.
Ministers are in talks with major US-based producers of liquefied natural gas in a bid to bolster Britain's energy security.
Sources said the talks were at a detailed stage although it was possible that they would not result in an agreement. Liz Truss, whose grip on power looked precarious on Friday after sacking her chancellor and reversing further key tenets of the government's recent mini-Budget, has made energy security a central plank of her leadership.
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