Ministers pull out of three-day hearing where they were due to defend planning approval of controversial project, as speculation mounts over plan to halt new oil and gas licenses
The government has confirmed it will not defend the previous Conservative administration's decision to give planning permission to a coal mine in Cumbria at a court hearing next week, in a move that paves...
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