Lifting of fracking ban not miracle solution, minister admits
by Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent from on (#63CTJ)
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Plans to increase shale gas supplies by ending the moratorium on fracking are not a miracle solution", the communities secretary has conceded, before plans to curb spiralling energy bills this winter are announced.
Simon Clarke said the government had to be pragmatic but added that community consent would lie at the heart of our energy policy".
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