Andy Burnham admits Britain 'cannot ignore' North Sea oil drilling amid cost-of-living crisis

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BP's decision to put their North Sea assets up for sale is a sad day for many of my former colleagues in St James Square – and a source of deep insecurity for the 1,100 workers directly connected to UK Upstream.

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This is among a wider Aberdeen-centred industry that, according to trade body Offshore Energies UK, is already losing 1,000 jobs a month due to government policies.

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Specifically, these are high taxes, a ban on new licences except from existing or connected fields, and a failure to take final decisions on Jackdaw and Rosebank – two fields ready to start operations this year.

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This is within a wider context of Net Zero "leave it in the ground" dogma, thinly justified by wishing to "lead the world on climate change", and a socialist transition plan for the region that attempts to direct companies to deliver to ever-shifting political targets rather than "drill, baby, drill".

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has so far offered the industry...

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Andy Burnham has admitted North Sea oil was a resource Britain "can't ignore" amid a cost-of-living crisis.The comments from the Prime Minister comes after Donald Trump, responding to a question form GB News, said Mr Burnham had promised him he would "open up North Sea oil"."If he does that, you're going to be a wealthy country if he does it reasonably," the President said on Wednesday.When asked about his conversation with Mr Trump, the Prime Miniser said: "I indicated in the phone call that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say "There is a resource there.

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When people are struggling we can't ignore that."Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride has now urged the Prime Minister to "get Britain drilling!"Under the Labour manifesto, new North Sea drilling licences cannot be issued, but oil field Rosebank and gas field Jackdaw received approval under the previous Conservative government before facing legal...

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