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Politics
Paul Hutcheon

SNP criticised over failure to back windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas profits

SNP MPs have been blasted after failing to vote for a windfall tax on the profits of oil firms to help ease the cost of living crisis.

The Nationalists did not back a move supporters believe would rake in vital resources, with one MP dismissing it as a “smash and grab” on the industry in the North Sea.

Labour’s debate yesterday, fronted by former party leader Ed Miliband, focused on the prospect of massive energy price rises.

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