Work on the Oxford to Cambridge expressway has been “paused”.

Oxford East MP Annaliese Dodds has described as “woolly” the announcement by the government and Highways England to pause work on a proposed expressway road linking Oxford with Cambridge. The government said it was exploring other potential road projects to link the two cities. Ms Dodds said that it was difficult to discern what the government’s real intentions were. The proposed East West rail link between Oxford and Milton Keynes is not thought to be affected by the decision.