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Craig Meighan

UK Government must not ramp up decline of Scottish oil and gas sector, MPs warn

The Grangemouth oil refinery on the Firth of Forth near Falkirk (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Archive)

The UK Government should not ramp up the decline of Scotland’s oil and gas industry, a report has urged, after it found jobs created in clean energy are failing to make up for losses in the North Sea.

The report by the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee warned the sector is now at a “critical juncture” as the nation moves away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy.

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