Financial Times: Britain’s Tory MPs face fracking challenge

Dozens of Conservative MPs in the southeast of England could see shale gas exploitation taking place in their constituencies as the government seeks to accelerate “fracking”.

No fewer than 38 out of 62 MPs in the region have land with existing oil and gas drilling licenses – and 35 of them are Conservatives – according to data from Decc, the energy department.

Senior cabinet ministers are pushing hard to accelerate the arrival of fracking in the UK. David Cameron told a New York business audience last week: “Frankly, I am pretty jealous of your fracking success here in the US.”  MORE