Why fracking in UK will not fix fuel bills and is economically high risk

As Liz Truss lifts ban, experts say UK shale cannot be produced at scale and any gas produced would be sold to highest bidder

Fracking will not ease the UK's energy crisis or bring down heating bills, but will imperil climate targets, scientists and economists have said, after the prime minister, Liz Truss, made lifting the ban on fracking one of the central planks of her energy strategy.

The technology used for hydraulic fracturing of shale rocks, and the difficulty of extracting gas from the UK's shale deposits, have not changed markedly in the decade since fracking was first tried in the UK, according to scientists.