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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Craig Paton

Reeves urged to cut windfall tax and not ‘sacrifice’ oil and gas workers

The union leader wrote to the Chancellor (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

A trade union has urged the Chancellor not to “sacrifice” oil and gas workers and ease the windfall tax at the Budget this month.

Louise Gilmour, GMB Scotland secretary, has written to Rachel Reeves to urge her to cut the levy – which was placed on the industry by the last government and extended since Labour took office last year – saying that every day an oil and gas worker is out of a job is a “Government failure”.

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