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Energy secretary leans towards killing giant Rosebank oilfield

Energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh is minded to reject the giant Rosebank oilfield after clearing Jackdaw, sources tell officials.

Shabana Mahmood faces an increasingly untenable Home Office post if she waters down migrant settlement rules after cabinet snubs and Tory pressure.

Border Force warns roughly 4,000 migrants are massing in French camps for Channel crossings even as Andy Burnham hails Labour’s small-boat record.

Labour faces fire over a £1.7m-a-year prisons DEI unit as early releases continue and cells stay overcrowded across Britain.

An EU report finds no proper measure of the illicit tobacco tax loss as dealers operate across almost all member states and enforcement falls short.

Reform UK has reported ITV and its undercover reporters to the police after a covert sting, with Zia Yusuf confirming the complaint and serious.

Migrants have been handed £96m in Labour visa waivers since the party took office, with 76,000 charges scrapped and backlogs soaring.

UK debt crisis hits home as national debt soars past £3 trillion for the first time, with households paying hundreds just on interest.

The Home Office refuses to rule out more Channel migrants reaching Gosport after protests, a huge police bill and a Reform MP’s warning.

Labour migrant rents soar as landlords are offered up to twice the market rate to house asylum seekers while British families wait.

Perran Moon faces a Labour probe after questions over a £50,000 taxpayer-backed Covid loan taken by his firm Autoswot Limited.

The Jackdaw gasfield is set for approval on Wednesday, boosting Shell and Equinor as ministers clear the North Sea project after a year of delay.