Quaker anti-fracking banners, 2022. Photo: Courtesy of Clíodhna Mulhern.

Friends welcome news that Ed Miliband plans to legislate to ban fracking ‘at the earliest opportunity’

Friends welcome fracking ban promise

Friends welcome news that Ed Miliband plans to legislate to ban fracking ‘at the earliest opportunity’

by Rebecca Hardy 10th October 2025

Anti-fracking campaigners, including Quakers, were heartened to hear that the government is to speed up its plans to permanently ban fracking in the UK. Reform UK has pledged to bring back the practice.