Conservative council chiefs reject Osborne's fracking sweeteners

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Councils reiterate call for a greater share of fracking revenues to go to local communities

The government's high-profile push to accelerate the development of fracking projects in the UK was dealt a major blow yesterday, as it emerged that one of the Conservative-run councils in the Chancellor's...

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