Osborne: tax breaks will boost shale development

Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans to develop a “targeted” tax regime for the shale gas industry. He told the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham that government help was needed “so that Britain is not left behind as gas prices tumble on the other side of the Atlantic”. The chancellor’s initiative emerged as ministers lined … Continued

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