Oxford-Cambridge expressway would be illegal, warn MEPs

Plans for a road through wildlife-rich areas break EU laws and send a worrying message ahead of Brexit, say MEPs

Government plans to build an Oxford-Cambridge motorway over some of the UK's most biodiverse nature reserves break EU laws and should be put on hold, according to a cross-party group of MEPs.

Up to a million homes could be built in the planned conurbation link-up which would carve across some of the UK's richest floodplain habitats such as the Otmoor Basin and Bernwood forest.