Labour to scrap current oil and gas windfall tax – but resist new drilling
The government is set to end the windfall tax on oil and gas giants in 2030 and replace…
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Unite lays hard hats outside Scottish Labour conference in Grangemouth protest
Labour’s green transition plans cannot be fuelled by “transitioning our jobs abroad”, Sharon Graham has warned at a…
Labour denies another policy U-turn as £3bn big tech tax ruled out
Good morning. Labour’s gradual drip-feed of self-confessed U-turns and staunchly denied but reported climbdowns continues. The Times suggests…
BP profits “damning evidence” of government failure, Miliband says
Ed Miliband has described huge profits made by oil company BP in the last quarter, more than double…
Dodds accuses Tory leadership candidates of “fantasy economics”
Anneliese Dodds has accused Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss of offering “fantasy economics” in response to the cost-of-living…
Labour: Oil and gas giants benefit from “uniquely generous” Tory tax regime
Labour’s Kerry McCarthy has warned that oil and gas companies have benefited from a “uniquely generous” tax regime…
Labour set to unveil five-point plan for “energy security and sovereignty”
Ed Miliband is set to unveil Labour’s five-point plan for a “secure route to energy security and sovereignty”,…
Kezia Dugdale: The SNP’s case has fallen apart – leaving the UK would mean at least £15bn of cuts to Scotland’s public services
The dictionary definition of a generation is as follows: “The average period, generally considered to be about 30 years…
Dugdale: My anger over false hope offered by SNP to the poorest Scots
The SNP has only one agenda even though the case for Scottish independence has weakened, Kezia Dugdale said…
Brown to lay out plan for “economic revolution” in Scotland
Gordon Brown will today lay out a plan to create an “economic revolution” in Scotland. Brown, who has…
