Anas Sarwar stands by oil tax plans after Aberdeen executives call him ‘traitor’

Anas Sarwar said the windfall tax proposal was a key measure to combat the cost of living crisis. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Anas Sarwar has shrugged off an attack on Labour’s oil tax plans after being called a “traitor” by Aberdeen business leaders.

The Scottish Labour leader said the party would press on with its plans for a multibillion-pound windfall tax on oil profits, despite claims from more than 800 oil, engineering and business executives that the levy could cost up to 100,000 North Sea jobs.