Anas Sarwar stands by oil tax plans after Aberdeen executives call him ‘traitor’
by Severin Carrell Scotland editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6JPCS)
Scottish Labour leader defends windfall tax proposal as business leaders say levy could cost up to 100,000 jobs
Anas Sarwar has shrugged off an attack on Labour's oil tax plans after being called a traitor" by Aberdeen business leaders.
The Scottish Labour leader said the party would press on with its plans for a multibillion-pound windfall tax on oil profits, despite claims from more than 800 oil, engineering and business executives that the levy could cost up to 100,000 North Sea jobs.
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