The US ambassador to the UK has said Britain should carry out "more drilling and more production" in the North Sea.

In his first broadcast interview in the job, Warren Stephens urged the UK to make the most of its own oil and gas reserves to cut energy costs and boost the economy.

"Electricity costs are four times ours in the UK, versus the US," he told Mornings with Ridge and Frost .

"I want the UK economy to be as strong as it possibly can be, so the UK can be the best ally to the US that it possibly can be.

"Having a growing economy is essential to that - and the electricity costs make it very difficult."

Mr Stephens told Wilfred Frost he hoped Britain would "examine the policies in the North Sea and frankly, make some changes to it that allows for more drilling and more pr

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