<p>Chancellor is in favour the North Sea project, but energy secretary has said she is leaning towards rejecting it</p><p>A cabinet split has emerged over whether to approve drilling at the Rosebank oilfield, with the chancellor, John Healey, in favour of the controversial North Sea project.</p><p>The energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, is ultimately in charge of the decision and the Guardian reported last week that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/21/energy-secretary-leaning-towards-rejecting-rosebank-oilfield">she was leaning towards rejecting it</a> after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/21/jackdaw-gasfield-in-north-sea-approved">granting permission</a> for the smaller Jackdaw gasfield.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/25/cabinet-split-emerges-over-controversial-rosebank-oilfield-decision">Continue reading...</a>
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Cabinet split emerges over controversial Rosebank oilfield decision
<p>Chancellor is in favour the North Sea project, but energy secretary has said she is leaning towards rejecting it</p><p>A cabinet split has emerged over whether to approve drilling at the Rosebank oilfield, with the chancellor, John Healey, in favour of the controversial North Sea project.</p><p>The energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, is ultimately in charge of the decision and the Guardian reported last week that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/21/energy-secretary-leaning-towards-rejecting-rosebank-oilfield">she was leaning towards rejecting it</a> after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/21/jackdaw-gasfield-in-north-sea-approved">granting permission</a> for the smaller Jackdaw gasfield.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/25/cabinet-split-emerges-over-controversial-rosebank-oilfield-decision">Continue reading...</a>