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Seema Malhotra says party expects jobs to to move to green energy as new oil and gas licences blocked from 2050
The North Sea oil and gas industry is in decline, a shadow business minister has said as she defended plans to block new drilling licences from 2050, a move criticised by trade unions.
Seema Malhotra said the proposal was an important part of the transition to net zero, by phasing out new fields from which to extract fossil fuels and boosting Britain’s “sovereign capability” for clean and green energy.
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