Five metro mayors said they had been ‘inundated’ with concerns from constituents about the potential economic damage that will result from cancelling the Birmingham-Manchester route
Britain has given the go-ahead to develop the UK’s biggest untapped oilfield off the Shetland Islands, sparking outrage from environmental campaigners. Mark Sweney and Matthew Taylor have the story here.
Julia Kollewe has reaction to this on the business live blog.