Boris Johnson has been threatened with legal action over delays to an energy project amid concern that his ministers are focusing on a rival scheme backed by Tory donors.
Eurotunnel’s £600 million plan to lay a cable linking the British and French power grids through the Channel Tunnel has been delayed at a cost of hundreds of millions of pounds in lost revenue. The Times has seen a legal letter to the body overseeing the tunnel, copied to the prime minister, which warns: “Any further delay in deciding whether to proceed with the project would further increase this loss, forcing Eurotunnel to seek compensation by using all legal means at its disposal.”
Ministers backed the tunnel scheme in 2017 and the company has built converter
