Cabinet Split Emerges Over Rosebank Oilfield Decision

The Guardian reported that the cabinet is split over whether to approve drilling at the Rosebank oilfield, with the chancellor, John Healey, in favour of the "controversial North Sea project." The report, the Guardian's report on the cabinet split, was written by Rowena Mason, the Guardian's Whitehall editor, and centres on that disagreement.

According to The Guardian, the decision rests ultimately with the energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, and not with the chancellor. The paper reported that Fahnbulleh has said she is leaning towards rejecting the project.

The Guardian's account therefore sets the chancellor's stated support against the energy secretary's stated lean, with final authority resting with the energy secretary, as the report describes it.

The Guardian's account, as summarised here, does not set out the arguments either minister has made, a timetable for a final decision, or the views of other cabinet members. Those details, if the full article contains them, are not reflected in the material available for this story.

The summary also refers to an earlier Guardian report on the same subject but breaks off before saying when that report appeared or what it said.

This account rests on a single source, and no other outlet's reporting on the cabinet disagreement was available for this story.

Sources: The Guardian: Cabinet split emerges over controversial Rosebank oilfield decision.