Category: Oil and gas companies

Budget 2024 live: Jeremy Hunt cuts national insurance, abolishes non-dom status and raises child benefit threshold – as it happened

NI cut of 2p announced, along with new tax on vapes, end of tax relief for holiday lettings and more cash for NHS IT systemBudget 2024: key points at a glanceJeremy Hunt announces 2p cut in national insuranceHow much will the 2p...

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Rochdale byelection: Keir Starmer apologises after George Galloway wins but says he was right to disown Labour candidate – as it happened

Labour leader says ‘Galloway only won because Labour did not stand’ but says it was right to withdraw candidate. This live blog is now closedFull story: George Galloway wins Rochdale byelectionLabour says George...

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Shell must clean up pollution before it leaves Niger delta, report says

Firm told it must take responsibility for toxic legacy of pollution and safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructureThe oil firm Shell cannot be allowed to withdraw from the Niger delta before it takes responsibility for...

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Humza Yousaf likens Labour to Margaret Thatcher over oil and gas plans

Scottish first minister says raising and extending windfall tax would be throwing workers ‘on scrapheap’Humza Yousaf has accused Labour of behaving like Margaret Thatcher by throwing oil and gas workers on the...

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Tory donor’s oil and gas company given North Sea licence after £150,000 fine

Subsidiary of EnQuest, which was fined in 2022 for illegal gas flaring, awarded one of 24 new drilling licencesAn oil and gas company owned by a major Tory donor, which has been fined for illegal flaring, has been awarded a...

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Alok Sharma condemns government’s oil and gas bill as vote passes first hurdle

Former Cop26 president abstains from vote saying bill breaks UK’s promise to phase out fossil fuelsAlok Sharma has said the government’s oil and gas bill going through the Commons will not cut household energy costs...

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Oil and gas bill breaks UK’s promise to phase out fossil fuels, Alok Sharma says

Former Cop26 president criticises the government’s push to ‘max out’ the North SeaAlok Sharma has said the government’s oil and gas bill will not cut household energy costs or create jobs and instead...

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Rishi Sunak criticised for not appointing dedicated minister for disabled people – UK politics live

Previous role-holder, Tom Pursglove, made minister for legal migration earlier this month but will not be specifically replacedRishi Sunak has said that he is open to considering ways in which his Rwanda bill can be...

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Former world leaders seek $25bn levy on oil states’ revenues to pay for climate damage

Gordon Brown leads those signing letter to Cop28 and G20 presidents calling for levy to help fill ‘loss and damage’ fundThe bumper revenues of oil-producing states should be subject to a $25bn levy to help pay for...

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