John Healey is set to inflame Cabinet tensions over the Rosebank oilfield by basing the Budget’s economic calculations on the assumption that it will be approved and will generate major tax revenues.
While the Government has approved the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea, Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh has yet to rule on the larger oil project west of the Shetlands.
Ms Fahnbulleh, seen as a green minister in the mould of Ed Miliband, has signalled that she is less inclined to allow it to go ahead due to a lesser impact on helping cut energy bills.
Last week she fired shots at the
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