LEP: More firms back Lancashire’s shale gas moves

Twenty-eight leading British manufacturers today signed a letter calling on politicians “at all levels” to get behind Lancashire’s shale gas proposals.

The British manufacturers’ support for fracking comes as a new policy paper is published today by the North West Energy Task Force, which says that natural gas from UK shale “could lead to cheaper, more reliable energy and a new £34bn supply chain.”

The paper was being unveiled at East Lancashire Chambers of Commerce’s Lancashire Manufacturers Conference tomorrow.

In a letter to a national newspaper today, the manufacturers from across the north say shale gas is the future.
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