It emerged yesterday the Prime Minister would postpone approving drilling the North Sea's Jackdaw oil field until after the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.

Climate catastrophe is on our doorstep – yet Labour’s impending approval of further drilling will bring more pain for negligible gains, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

It emerged yesterday the Prime Minister would postpone approving drilling the North Sea's Jackdaw oil field until after the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.