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National Trust urges Liz Truss not to ‘rip up critical nature protections’

The National Trust has raised concerns over Government proposals it claims will “rip up critical nature protections, remove planning regulations in so-called ‘investment zones’ and review environmental farming subsidies”. The conservation charity ...

09 Oct 2022 at 18:09

Truss promises station in Bradford as part of Northern Powerhouse Rail plans

Liz Truss has said Bradford will get a new station on the high-speed railway line to be built between Liverpool and Hull. In an interview with ITV Calendar filmed on Sunday afternoon, the Prime Minister was asked if her commitment to deliver ...

03 Oct 2022 at 19:26

$Jacob Rees-Mogg backs fracking at country pile but says no to local referendums$

Jacob Rees-Mogg backs fracking at country pile but says no to local referendums

Jacob Rees-Mogg has dismissed the idea of local referendums to gauge support to allow fracking to go ahead, as the Energy Secretary backed drilling in his garden. The Cabinet minister said he would be “delighted” for shale gas extraction to ...

03 Oct 2022 at 16:58

$Truss defends possible Tory manifesto breach over fracking ban$

Truss defends possible Tory manifesto breach over fracking ban

Liz Truss stressed the energy crisis is the “number one issue we face” as she defended potentially breaching a Tory manifesto pledge to lift the fracking ban. The Prime Minister insisted she will not authorise “anything that carries a ...

21 Sept 2022 at 23:03

$‘Wrong kind of shale’ and 280m years too late: Geologists react to fracking move$

‘Wrong kind of shale’ and 280m years too late: Geologists react to fracking move

Geologists have reacted to the Government lifting the ban on fracking by saying the UK has the “wrong type of shale” and it was 280 million years too late. The controversial go-ahead was met with concerns over earthquakes and an ...

22 Sept 2022 at 18:18

$Liz Truss risks Tory backlash over end to fracking ban$

Truss risks Tory backlash over end to fracking ban

Liz Truss faces a political backlash after lifting England’s fracking ban, with anger from Tory MPs and the threat that opposition parties will use the excuse to drum up support in key electoral battlegrounds. Business and ...

22 Sept 2022 at 17:47

Fracking ban continues in Scotland, confirms minister

The Scottish Government’s policy on fracking is not changing despite the ban being lifted south of the border, a minister has said. Scottish Energy Secretary Michael Matheson reiterated his Government’s opposition to new ...

22 Sept 2022 at 15:42

$Rees-Mogg says Putin funded some of the ‘opposition to fracking’$

Rees-Mogg says Putin funded some of the ‘opposition to fracking’

Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed there have been widely reported stories that opposition to fracking has been funded by the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Business Secretary’s comments came as he was ...

22 Sept 2022 at 19:15

$Prime Minister defends possible Tory manifesto breach over fracking ban$

Prime Minister defends possible Tory manifesto breach over fracking ban

The Prime Minister stressed the energy crisis is the “number one issue we face” as she defended potentially breaching a Tory manifesto pledge to lift the fracking ban. Liz Truss insisted she will not authorise ...

22 Sept 2022 at 03:12

Fracking ban lifted as energy security made ‘absolute priority’ by Government

England’s fracking ban has been lifted as Liz Truss’s Government vowed to explore all avenues to improve energy security, setting Downing Street on a collision course with environmental campaigners. Business ...

22 Sept 2022 at 11:31

Government ‘all over the place’ on the future of fracking, MPs hear

The Government is “completely all over the place” on the future of fracking and has “ignored” companies who want to carry out hydraulic fracturing, ministers have been told. Shadow climate change secretary ...

15 Mar 2022 at 15:25

$Government urged to halt sealing of fracking wells amid energy crisis$

Government urged to halt sealing of fracking wells amid energy crisis

The boss of energy firm Cuadrilla has accused the Government of failing to back up recent “rhetoric” on keeping the door open to fracking. Chief executive Francis Egan said work to concrete up the UK’s ...

14 Mar 2022 at 17:25

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