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UK 'should have set up North Sea wealth fund 40 years ago', Prime Minister concedes

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said that a North Sea wealth fund should have been set up 40 years ago (Image: PA)

THE UK should have set up a sovereign wealth fund for North Sea oil and gas four decades ago, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has conceded.

Writing in The Guardian, the Labour leader also said he had asked the Chancellor and the Energy Secretary to look at removing the standing charges from gas bills “at the earliest opportunity”.

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