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Politics
Paul Hutcheon

Oil and gas ban will cost Scottish Labour seats claims trade union leader

A trade union leader has claimed Scottish Labour will lose seats over a “stupid” and “catastrophic” ban on new North Sea oil developments.

Gary Smith of the GMB said knocking back all future license requests would be seen as an “attack” on Scotland.

Keir Starmer is reportedly considering the policy as a way of meeting the country’s climate change commitments.

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