A Labour government would be “extremely dangerous” for all of Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) has claimed.
On Sky’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, Stephen Flynn, the SNP’s Westminster leader, was asked about Labour’s plan to stop renewing oil and gas licences if the party comes into power.
Mr Flynn said: “If we want to talk about energy, it’s not the SNP that’s saying there’s going to be 100,000 job losses as a result of the Labour Party’s policies.
“This is industry investment experts who are saying that, and it’s not just to do with ending new licences, it’s to do with removing investment allowances and it’s to do with extending taxation upon the industry.
“If you take away those 100,000 jobs, you are no longer in a position to end net zero… What the Labour Party are proposing is extremely dangerous, not just for the north-east of Scotland, but right across Scotland’s economy.”