https://www.thenational.scot/news/25235696.kemi-badenoch-calls-oil-gas-windfall-tax-licence-ban-end

KEMI Badenoch’s call for an end to the windfall tax for fossil fuel firms and a ban on new oil and gas licences has been branded “out of touch”. 

The Conservative leader is set to address her first Scottish branch office conference in Edinburgh on Friday and will speak about the oil and gas industry. 

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay is set to address the party conference for the first time since taking over the role from Douglas Ross. 

The energy profits levy, also known as the windfall tax, was brought in by the previous Tory government, and extended by Labour when they took power. 

Badenoch is expected to tout the oil and gas sector during her conference speech, accusing the UK Government of “killing” it, claiming “renewing our party and our country means standing up for our oil and gas industry”.

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