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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Harry Taylor

Ministers should apologise to oil and gas workers who have lost jobs, Tories say

The oil platform Stena Spey (centre) is moved with tug boats amongst other rigs in the Cromarty Firth near Invergordon in Scotland (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Government should apologise to oil and gas workers who have lost their jobs since Labour came to power, the Conservatives have said.

Shadow energy minister Andrew Bowie said job losses and closures had already taken place as part of the planned switch to more environmentally friendly energy sources.

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