Liz Truss says fracking will need local agreement, but does not explain how consent will be gauged.
Prime Minister Liz Truss has insisted fracking will only resume in the UK with "local consent"., though it has also had some local support., Ms Truss did not explain how consent would be gauged, but said it would be wrong to "rule out the whole of Lancashire".
Ms Truss said the government would "only press ahead with fracking in areas where there is local community support". She said fracking was "carried out perfectly safely in various parts of the world" and Mr Rees-Mogg would "make sure that any fracking that takes place is safe".The wells at Preston New Road were due to be sealed, before regulators lifted an order to cap themconcluded there was still limited understanding of the UK's shale reserves and drilling impacts.
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