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Kemi Badenoch calls for oil and gas windfall tax and licence ban end

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Kemi Badenoch is due to address the Scottish Tory conference in Edinburgh (Image: PA)

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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Caroline Lucas takes apart Tories sex education plan in one tweet

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‘The worst kind of arm-chair politics, bigoted and ill-informed’

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Caroline Lucas hit out at the leaked details of the new guidelines this morning, condemning the Tory Party for engaging in the “worst kind of arm-chair politics”. 

The MP for Brighton Pavillion wrote on X: “Politicising sex education is unforgivable, dangerous & reactionary. It’s always *age appropriate* to give young people skills to stay safe. For younger ones that means teaching about respect & healthy relationships. This is the worst kind of arm-chair politics bigoted & ill-informed.”

Daniel Kebede, General Secretary of the National Education Union said that, if the reports are correct, then “there are many areas of concern”. Kebede slammed the Tory agenda towards school policy as he called it “yet more culture war noise from an ill-informed and out of touch government.” 

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