Starmer Warned Net Zero Will Slash 1,000 Jobs a Month Between Now and 2030 – Guido Fawkes

Starmer Warned Net Zero Will Slash 1,000 Jobs a Month Between Now and 2030

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Oil and gas trade association Offshore Energies UK has written to Starmer warning that Labour’s net zero drive will lead to nearly 1,000 direct and indirect industry job losses a month between now and 2030. That’s around 52,000 jobs up in smoke…

Chief Executive David Whitehouse slammed the uncertainty caused by Labour’s windfall tax raid and Miliband’s push to kill off new North Sea licences. He added:

“Today, we are seeing skilled jobs being lost on a scale that would be unacceptable in any other sector… Almost 1,000 direct and indirect jobs are set to be lost every month between now and 2030. But with supportive government policies, it doesn’t have to be this way.”

OEUK noted that Britain’s energy imports hit 40% last year, leading to higher emissions, fewer UK jobs and no tax revenue. Miliband determined to offshore both production and livelihoods…