The Chancellor George Osborne won his battle with Prime Minister David Cameron and the Department for Energy and Climate Change by committing to a gas strategy that will result in new power stations and shale gas exploration.
Mr Osborne launched an Office for Unconventional Gas that sidesteps the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) by pulling people together from different departments. Barriers to investment in new gas will be addressed as the Government confirmed the major role gas will continue to play by 2030. A source in The Commons told The…
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