Burnham Emerges Unscathed From PMQs Over Jackdaw
Andy Burnham came through Prime Minister’s Questions untroubled as Kemi Badenoch struggled to attack the decision to approve the Jackdaw gas field, a move the Conservatives support. She blamed Labour for rerunning the application rather than fighting the legal challenge. Sir Ed Davey warned: “I feel that next week’s budget will not be the growth budget our country needs.”
Jackdaw is expected to supply about 2% of Britain’s gas for a decade and create 27 jobs; President Trump welcomed the approval. The energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, delivered her statement on the decision from Aberdeen rather than the Commons. Downing Street rejected suggestions that Ms Fahnbulleh was undermining Shabana Mahmood after the energy secretary withheld support for the home secretary’s original proposals on indefinite leave to remain.