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Labour pledges permanent ban on fracking
Labour aims to secure net zero by 2050 with a permanent fracking ban and a national campaign opposing Reform UK’s pro-fracking stance, targeting clean energy investment.
- At the 2025 Labour Party conference, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband announced plans to introduce legislation permanently banning fracking in England.
- The announcement comes after a government-imposed halt on fracking was introduced in 2019 due to earthquake concerns and public opposition; this suspension was temporarily reversed during Liz Truss’s short tenure as prime minister in 2022 before being restored by her successor, Rishi Sunak.
- Miliband criticized Reform UK and Nigel Farage for backing fracking, calling them ideological extremists and highlighting fracking's environmental harm, unpopularity, and failure to reduce bills.
- He argued fracking will not create long-term jobs, harm climate commitments, and that communities have repeatedly opposed and defeated fracking efforts in the UK.
- The Labour government plans to legislate swiftly, rally communities, and boost clean energy jobs to support a transition toward 95% green electricity by 2030.
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Ed Miliband to announce total ban on fracking
Ed Miliband will use his speech at Labour conference today to announce that the government will introduce a permanent ban on fracking. A temporary ban on the controversial technique which is used to extract oil and gas from shale rock has been in place since 2019, but was briefly lifted by Liz Truss when she was prime minister. Today, the secretary of state for energy security and net zero will announce that the Labour government will introduce …
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