Tory whips say Labour fracking motion is vote of confidence in Truss government

Conservative whips have told their own MPs that a Labour vote opposing fracking is an effective confidence motion in the Liz Truss government and that they must follow the party line. Truss’ chief whip Wendy Morton told Tory backbenchers, in an email leaked to Huffpost, that “this is not a motion on fracking … this [...]