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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Alex Daniel

Scrap windfall tax on oil and gas firms early, North Sea industry urges

Two oil rigs in the North Sea
OEUK also called on ministers to approve two major North Sea oil and gas fields, Jackdaw and Rosebank. Photograph: Martin Langer/Alamy

The North Sea oil and gas industry has called on Labour to scrap the windfall tax on fossil fuel firms three years early, as Britain heads into a winter with energy bills expected to reach their highest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), the industry’s trade body, wants the tax replaced in 2027, rather than in 2030, with a narrower levy that only applies during price spikes.

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