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By Paul Homewood

From The Telegraph:

Labour’s plan to block all new North Sea oil and gas fields would cost the Scottish economy the equivalent of around £1,100 per person every year, it has been alleged as a trade union backlash intensified.

The Tories highlighted official estimates that Scotland would be £6 billion poorer per year by 2030 if fossil fuel production was rapidly wound down thanks to the loss of thousands of high-salary jobs.

They warned the move would “devastate” North East Scotland in particular, the hub of the UK’s oil and gas industry, “and hammer every Scot to the tune of £1,100”.

The figures emerged as Unite, Labour’s biggest donor, said the policy risked a “repeat of the devastation” caused by the closure of coal mines in the 1980s.

Sharon Graham, the union’s general secretary, accused Sir Keir Starmer of “grabbing the headlines” rather than “developing a serious plan for renewable energy”.

She hit out after it was reported that Sir Keir will unveil a new energy policy next month pledging that he will block new oil and gas developments if he wins power in next year’s general election.

It is understood the policy blindsided Scottish Labour, with senior figures deeply unhappy about the announcement and fearful it could undermine the party’s attempts to stage a political comeback north of the Border.

Party insiders blamed Ed Miliband, the shadow climate change and net zero secretary, for failing to take into account the impact on jobs and presenting the Tories with a politically-open goal.

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