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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot

BIZARRE: Imminent cumbria coalmine decision likely to cause new tory split - You Need To See This

Trudy Harrison MP, whose Copeland constituency includes the Whitehaven site of a proposed new coalmine, canvassing there in 2017.
Trudy Harrison MP, whose Copeland constituency includes the Whitehaven site of a proposed new coalmine, canvassing there in 2017. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Michael Gove could green light the first UK coalmine in a generation as soon as Wednesday, in a move likely to open up new dividing lines among Conservatives.

A number of high-profile Tories have previously spoken out against the plans for a new mine outside Whitehaven in Cumbria, including former cabinet ministers Kwasi Kwarteng, Alok Sharma, Robert Buckland and Tobias Ellwood.

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