Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says Labour remains committed to its manifesto pledge of a total ban on fracking - Danny Lawson/PA Ed Miliband has pledged a permanent ban on fracking just days after the ...

Fracking for UK onshore oil and gas hit the headlines again during 2025. The year opened with the announcement by Europa Oil & Gas that it expected to submit imminent plans for proppant squeeze, a ...

Revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF): A public consultation on revisions to the NPPF closes on 10 March 2026. A ...

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband promised to ban the controversial practice and send “frackers packing.” The U.K. government wants to legislate for a total ban on fracking in a bid to draw out battle ...

Britain's Labour government plans to permanently ban fracking, a highly controversial method of extracting fossil fuels, due its environmental impact, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said Wednesday.

The Reform-led Lancashire County Council has refused to call on the government to permanently ban fracking. It comes after they were asked to back a ban in a motion put forward by the Labour group ...

The UK's GMB trade union has called on the government to hold “urgent and meaningful discussion” on the development of fracking in the country after a new shale gas site was given the go-ahead. GMB, ...

The UK government will introduce a complete ban on fracking, putting an end to the controversial practice that has been on hold since 2019, UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said on Wednesday. "Fracking ...