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Labour to Fast-Track Law Making UK Fracking Ban Permanent

Ed Miliband plans to embed the prohibition in the North Sea transition plan, requiring any future government to repeal it in Parliament.

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Fracking rigs like this one pictured in the United States inject water and chemicals into rock formations deep underground to release oil and gas

Overview

  • Ed Miliband told the Labour conference he will bring forward legislation to convert the moratorium into a full legal ban at the earliest opportunity.
  • Labour will deploy campaigners to nearly 200 constituencies to oppose local drilling proposals and rally support for the ban.
  • The UK currently operates under a moratorium introduced in 2019 after regulators warned tremors from fracking could not be reliably predicted.
  • The Conservatives briefly lifted the moratorium in 2022 under Liz Truss before Rishi Sunak’s government reinstated it later that year.
  • Reform UK continues to back fracking and argues it would cut bills, a claim rejected by experts as environmental groups highlight seismic and pollution risks, citing nearly 200 tremors at Preston New Road in Lancashire.