Will Labour’s fracking ban end practice in the UK for good?

<p>Ed Miliband’s move to bring forward ban is gambit to stop would-be Reform voters from backing Nigel Farage’s pro-fracking party</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/01/keir-starmer-labour-conference-nigel-farage-reform-uk-politics-latest-news-updates">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Ed Miliband announced on Wednesday <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/01/fracking-ban-uk-labour-counter-reform-promise">that Labour was speeding up plans</a> to bring in a “total ban” on fracking. But how will this work and could it stop a future Reform government from fracking?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/01/labour-fracking-ban-end-practice-in-uk-for-good">Continue reading...</a>