Spending watchdog report a "hammer blow" for UK fracking industry

Attempts to establish a fracking industry have made slow progress while costing the UK taxpayer more than £32m, a report from the National Audit Office has found
Government plans to roll out fracking across the UK are behind schedule and over-cost, according to a report from the UK's spending watchdog, which today offered a damning assessment of the UK's once much-trumpeted...
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