Tax breaks for fracking
Tax breaks and fast-tracked permits for controversial shale gas exploration are likely to form part of the multi-billion pound infrastructure package aimed at kick-starting sluggish economic growth
Report: Communities to get a cut of fracking revenues
Communities that host fracking sites are to be offered one percent of any revenues generated over the lifetime of the well, according to the BBC.
Fracking is the process of pumping a mixture of water and chemicals below the ground at high pressure in order to release natural gas stored in shale rock below.
Some local residents have opposed the proposed sites over fears that the process causes earthquakes, contaminates ground water and can affect house prices.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change is expected to release details of a package for local residents later today.
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