Labour was last night urged to ignore pressure from eco-zealots and to push ahead with drilling in Britain’s largest untapped oil field.
Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh was poised to reject plans to exploit the Rosebank site – just hours after approving production at the Jackdaw gas field.
Calls from union bosses and Labour MPs to press ahead with oil extraction were backed by Donald Trump who urged the UK to go ‘full blast’ and exploit the North Sea’s resources.
But Ms Fahnbulleh signalled that she is likely to reject the plans, saying she did not apply the same rationale to each of the
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