Oil & Gas News – Early October 2025
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Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has confirmed that the Government will bring forward legislation to end new onshore oil and gas licensing in England, including licences that could permit fracking.
Speaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on Tuesday (30 September), Miliband said fracking — the process of extracting gas and oil from shale rock — “will not cut household bills, will not deliver long-term sustainable jobs, and will undermine our climate commitments.”
His comments came after Reform Party leader Nigel Farage pledged to lift restrictions on shale gas extraction if his party were to win the next general election, drawing comparisons with the Trump administration’s “drill, baby, drill” policy in the US.
