Updated: Chaos at fracking vote
An investigation is underway into allegations of bullying and manhandling of Conservative MPs in parliament this evening in a chaotic vote on fracking.
An investigation is underway into allegations of bullying and manhandling of Conservative MPs in parliament this evening in a chaotic vote on fracking.
You can find out here how your MP voted in Labour’s plans for a law to ban fracking.
A Labour bid to introduce legislation to ban fracking was defeated this evening.
Liz Truss announced today a consultation on how local consent for fracking would be measured.
Three campaign organisations have taken the first step in a legal challenge to the government’s lifting of the moratorium on fracking in England.
The climate minister has told MPs the government is reviewing regulations on fracking-induced earthquakes.
The shadow climate secretary, Ed Miliband, on a visit to the shale gas village of Misson in Nottinghamshire today, promised that a Labour government would ban fracking.
The county which hosted the UK’s only high volume fracking sites voted unanimously this afternoon to keep planning decisions on the process with the local planning authority.
Conservative-controlled Nottinghamshire County Council is looking at options to ensure IGas restores the Springs Road shale gas site at Misson.
The government has confirmed it will not appeal against the High Court ruling that its Net Zero Strategy is unlawful.