Miliband vows to consider support for Acorn project to help Grangemouth workers

Ed Miliband has said he will consider fast tracking the Acron carbon capture and storage project – a move which he said could help secure a future for workers at the Grangemouth oil refinery (James Manning/PA) -

Ed Miliband has said he will “consider” fast-tracking a carbon capture and storage project in Scotland – adding the move could help secure a future for workers at the Grangemouth oil refinery.

The site, which is Scotland’s only oil refinery, is due to close in the coming months, with owners at Petroineos having already sent out redundancy notices to some of the 400 workers there.