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‘We will oppose this’: Truss fracking plans met with anger and dismay in Lancashire

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Preston New Road activists promise to regroup to fight Cuadrilla until fracking in UK is banned for good

Wales set for massive row with Westminster as Liz Truss plans to lift the ban on fracking

Mark Drakeford said fracking plans are a 'contradiction of the climate crisis'

Wales Online

Anti-fracking campaigners ready to ‘pull out all the stops’ again

Protesters previously spent 1,000 days outside the Cuadrilla fracking site in Little Plumpton, near Blackpool.=

Anti-fracking campaigners in Lancashire ready to ‘pull out all the stops’ again

Protesters previously spent 1,000 days outside the Cuadrilla fracking site in Little Plumpton, near Blackpool.

Chemicals billionaire Jim Ratcliffe renews fracking calls to after Truss energy plan

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The Ineos founder, one of Britain’s richest men, wants to drill for shale gas after Liz Truss backs home-grown energy

Why Government fracking u-turn could be a red herring

$Why Government fracking u-turn could be a red herring$

Change in policy could see domestic shale gas production begin in as little as six months - in areas where there is local support

Birmingham Post

Businesses and charities react to Liz Truss' energy price guarantee

Liz Truss announced a new scheme to help ease the cost-of-living crisis

Manchester Evening News

What £2,500 price freeze means for customers and how it will be paid back

Here's everything you need to know about the government's energy support scheme

Manchester Evening News

$‘We’ve stopped it once, we’ll stop it again’: Anti-fracking activists gear up for fight after Truss lifts ban$

‘We’ve stopped it once, we’ll stop it again’: Anti-fracking activists gear up for fight after Truss lifts ban

Campaigners spent years opposing tremor-causing drilling - now they’re preparing to do it all over again

Anger as Liz Truss lifts fracking ban - with gas to start flowing in six months

$Anger as Liz Truss lifts fracking ban - with gas to start flowing in six months$

The new Prime Minister enraged green campaigners when she announced manifesto-busting plans to end the moratorium on shale gas extraction

Daily Mirror

The Standard View: This fossil fuel crisis requires clean energy solutions

The financial support package set out by the Government today will come as a relief to millions of households and businesses. Part of this plan will also involve expanding our energy supply, including fracking and North Sea oil and gas.

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How will the Government’s energy bills help be paid for?

Prime Minister Liz Truss announced a major new package to help households and businesses with their energy bills.

Fracking ban lifted by Liz Truss as PM pushes domestic energy to tackle bills crisis

The move will be met with strong opposition from local campaigners and environmentalists

Liz Truss lifts fracking ban and pushes domestic energy to tackle bills crisis

The move will be met with strong opposition from local campaigners and environmentalists.

Daily Mirror

Energy bills plan explained: What £2,500 cap means and how we'll all be paying it back

Together with an Energy Bills Support Scheme of £400, today's announcement means the average bill will be £2,100 over the next year. Here's what it means, why fracking is restarting - and how it's a bill for your grandchildren

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Liz Truss to freeze energy bills at £2,500 a year average, funded by borrowing

PM announces £150bn scheme and resumption of fracking as she pledges to tackle root causes of crisis

What are the government’s fracking plans? Rishi Sunak reinstates ban

The ban on shale gas fracking in England has been restored by new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in his first PMQs.

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Natural gas has featured regularly in the news of late, with the wholesale price having more than doubled in 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The UK government has also reopened the controversial debate on fracking as a way of reducing natural gas imports.

Minister defends Liz Truss plan to lift fracking ban

A Cabinet minister has defended controversial plans to lift the ban on fracking as part of new Prime Minister Liz Truss’s emergency support package on energy bills.

Lifting of fracking ban not miracle solution, minister admits

Communities secretary defends decision not to extend windfall tax as Liz Truss unveils support package

Wales Online

What time is Liz Truss announcing her plan for energy bills today?

The new Prime Minister is also expected to announce an end to the fracking ban