UK to legally ban new North Sea oil licenses as Keir Starmer ignores Trump

On 2026-05-13, the UK Government moved forward with legislation announced in the King's Speech to ban new North Sea oil exploration licenses. The measure would not affect existing licenses, but it would bar new licenses for future fields. The article frames the move as the government ignoring Donald Trump's calls for more drilling, but the concrete event is the UK policy action in London.