Cameron accused of "cherry picking" fracking job forecasts

Jessica Shankleman
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Energy Minister acknowledges new licences could deliver 32,000 jobs at most, far lower than Prime Minister's predictions

The Prime Minister has once again been accused of overhyping the potential benefits of fracking, after his own Energy Minister admitted that the government's employment predictions are far lower than the...

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