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Scotland’s First Minister blames UK oil tax for job losses, urging greater support ahead of talks with Prime Minister Starmer.
First Minister John Swinney accused the UK government of neglecting Scotland’s industry ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, citing job cuts at an ExxonMobil plant in Mossmorran and Harbour Energy in northeast Scotland.
Swinney blamed the UK’s windfall tax on oil and gas profits for potentially costing up to 1,000 jobs monthly and criticized the government for failing to provide comparable support to Scotland as seen in industrial areas in England.
While Starmer defended the tax as targeting only excess profits and highlighted new “tie-back” measures to improve extraction from existing fields, Swinney maintained that without independence, Scotland’s economic potential remains constrained.
El primer ministro de Escocia culpa al impuesto petrolero del Reino Unido por la pérdida de empleos, instando a un mayor apoyo antes de las conversaciones con el primer ministro Starmer.