Jacob Rees-Mogg has been appointed as secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy.

The appointment of the colourful Etonian to the role, which includes overseeing the UK’s decarbonisation strategy, is likely to raise eyebrows because of his support for fossil fuels and past comments indicating he is sceptical of climate change.

Rees-Mogg in April told LBC: “We want to get more oil out of the North Sea, we want to get more gas out of the North Sea […] We need to be thinking about extracting every last cubic inch of gas from the North Sea.”