SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has called for changes to Westminster’s oil and gas regime.

Flynn has written to UK Government Energy Secretary, Ed Miliband MP, amid reports that the UK Government is considering a recommendation to allow exploration in new fields via adjacent existing fields.

The Aberdeen South MP said that the “path to clean energy security is being blocked by your UK Government’s licensing and fiscal regime, which is destroying the highly skilled jobs in our existing offshore industry”.

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He added: “It is damaging our economy, risking our energy security and leaving Scotland’s world-leading industry at breaking point”.

On Sunday, the Times reported that the Energy secretary is “poised to soften the government’s position on North Sea oil and gas explorati

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