Authorities on alert amid Shale changes

摘要

Councils have demanded to stay at the centre of the fracking debate, amid fears they could be cut out of a multi-million pound community fund. Prime minister Theresa May announced this week the Government was looking to change the rules around the Shale Wealth Fund, which aims to give communities 10% of any tax revenues from shale gas production. Under the existing rules, any money generated for the fund would go to local authorities or community groups, although no shale gas drilling has occurred in the UK since 2011.