Ministers close to frack deal for widespread UK drilling

Ministers close to frack deal for widespread UK drilling

‘Ministers claim they are close to securing cross-party agreement on fracking, paving the way for widespread drilling under people’s homes.
The Government may offer concessions to Labour when the issue is debated in the Lords next month.
However insiders at the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) believe ministers have already “secured cross-party consensus” and need only negotiate “finer points” of detail to lock down fracking before next year’s general election.’
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