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    George Osborne, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, holds the dispatch box containing the budget, as he exits 11 Downing Street in London, U.K., on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Osborne is set to unveil sweeping education reforms in his Budget on Wednesday as he seeks to sweeten the pill of austerity three months before the referendum on European Union membership. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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    Spending Review 2015: What does it mean for the countryside?

    MALTON, ENGLAND - MAY 24: An anti fracking sign is displayed in the garden of a home on the outskirts to the village of Kirby Misperton on May 24, 2016 in Malton, England. North Yorkshire Planning and Regulatory Committee voted seven to four in favour of a planning application submitted by Third Energy to conduct fracking at the KM8 drilling site near the village. Hydraulic Fracturing, or fracking, is a technique designed to recover gas and oil from shale rock. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
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    Fracking in the UK – the facts so far

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