"If they do all that themselves they have zero costs.

, in which it said the proposal needed to be "properly analysed with consideration given to the government's updated policies".The statement said that the government was "committed to growth and has promised to take tough decisions to get Britain building".

It said: "One of our first actions was therefore to revise the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which was formalised on the 12 December 2024. This marks the next step in radically reforming the planning system to meet the needs of the country and made major changes to the rules around the green belt."It is therefore right that the application is now properly analysed with consideration given to the government's updated policies."It stated that "the DCO application for the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation Project was received by the planning inspectorate under the previous government's planning system".

"The deadline for this decision is therefore to be further extended to 14 April 2025 to enable the application to be analysed in light of this key policy update."The decision to set the new deadline for this application is without prejudice to the decision on whether to grant or refuse development consent."

If the relocation of the treatment plant goes ahead, it would allow a new district to be built in the north-east of Cambridge.

It is expected to include 8,350 homes and create 15,000 new jobs.Last week, Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump shook hands on a mutual export quota of 13,000 tonnes of beef - one of a number of

agreed by the two leaders.Following the deal, the government said "

", and hormone-treated beef would not appear in the UK."We were worried about standards, and what type of beef can be imported. And as more and more details come forward, it appears that it's quite sensible," Mr Quinney said.