Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has announced that there is to be a moratorium on granting consents for unconventional oil and gas developments in Scotland whilst further research and a public consultation is carried out.

Water industry regulator Ofwat has upheld Wessex Water's right to include certain charges in a case involving a dispute between the water company and a self-lay organisation (SLO) about the approach used to calculate the asset value payment for the self-lay of water mains for one phase of a new housing development in Somerset.   

MPs have overwhelmingly rejected a bid to suspend fracking for shale gas during a debate on Government’s Infrastructure Bill for its report stage and third reading in the House of Commons yesterday.

Ofwat has ruled that Thames Water’s charges for providing the requisitioned water main and service connections should be lower than the amounts than they have required Millwood Homes to pay.

Water industry regulator Ofwat has launched a new consultation on its proposal by to vary the appointments of Independent Water Networks and Southern Water as sewerage companies.

Backbench MPs from most of the major political parties have proposed a motion that would force a vote for a moratorium on fracking across Britain.