A U-turn on lifting the ban on fracking must go ahead, councillors in Tameside will argue, in a letter to Prime Minister Liz Truss. That’s despite the Tory opposition declaring the resistance ‘pointless’.
A Labour motion was discussed at a meeting of Tameside council, which asked members to reiterate the borough’s opposition to using hydraulic fracturing – ‘fracking’ – to extract shale gas.
The decision to lift the ban on fracking, imposed in 2019, was first announced by Prime Minister Liz Truss last month as part of a broader package of measures to tackle energy prices. She also ordered a review of the UK’s plans to reduce its emissions to zero by 2050, arguing this must be delivered in a way that is “pro-business and pro-growth”.
