Fracking

Shale gas exploration firm Cuadrilla has pledged to work with the regulator and prove that fracking is safe following a government moratorium.

The Planning Inspectorate has advised the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to remove the policy relating to fracking from the Draft London Plan, and has also suggested that a review of the green belt should be added. The plan though, is considered to be sound except for such recommendations.

The Scottish Government has set out a ‘policy of no support’ for unconventional oil and gas development – or fracking – in Scotland.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called on the government to ban fracking after claiming the process will kill off any chance of the UK meeting its net zero carbon target.