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Labour’s energy policy will be ‘triple whammy on UK’, claims minister

Source: PA Wire

The Conservatives have claimed Labour’s energy policy will be a “triple whammy” for the UK, as they renewed their tax attack on their rivals.

Labour has said oil and gas production in the North Sea will be “with us for decades to come” but it would not issue new licences to explore new they “will not take a penny off bills, cannot make us energy secure, and will only accelerate the worsening climate crisis”.

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