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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Senior Tories may push for party to become pro-fracking

Shale gas drilling taking place in a field
Shale gas drilling taking place in 2017 near Blackpool, Lancashire, before the moratorium was imposed. Photograph: MediaWorldImages/Alamy

Senior Conservatives are considering pushing for a lifting of the moratorium on fracking in England to become party policy.

At the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, MPs are reflecting on the crushing blow they were dealt at this year’s general election and coming up with policies and ideas to rebuild the party so it can win in 2029. A leadership election is taking place and candidates are laying out their ideas to MPs.

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