Fracking row: Treasury 'showing shambolic conflict of interest'

Director of Third Energy, which wants to frack in North Yorkshire, is Conservative donor

Campaigners have accused the Treasury of allowing the appearance of a conflict of interest over its examination of an energy company at the forefront of fracking in the UK.

Third Energy's financial health is being looked at by a Treasury body, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), whose findings will inform whether the government gives the firm a green light.