SNP claims Labour’s tax plans threaten to turn Aberdeen into ‘an industrial wasteland’
The future of Scotland’s oil and gas industry has taken centre stage in the UK election campaign, as parties seek to persuade workers they can prevent mass job losses by delivering a “just transition” to renewables.
The SNP is up against the Conservatives in north-east seats, where one in three workers depend on the offshore energy industry. Swinney is plotting a precarious path between industry demands for development licences and renewable advocates who want to shut down hydrocarbon production as the continental shelf’s productivity declines.
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