Liz Truss lifts fracking ban and pushes domestic energy to tackle bills crisis

The Cuadrilla fracking site in Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, Lancashire (PA)

A ban on fracking in England has been lifted as the British government pushes for an increase in domestic energy production in the face of soaring bills.

The controversial move to end the moratorium, which was imposed in 2019 after tremors caused by fracking in Lancashire, could get gas flowing from onshore shale wells in as little as six months, Liz Truss said.