Shadow minister Thangam Debbonaire’s comments follow Rishi Sunak’s decision to grant hundreds of new North Sea drilling permits
Labour has indicated it would not revoke Rishi Sunak’s new wave of North Sea oil and gas exploration licences – despite opposing them.
Thangam Debbonaire, the shadow leader of the House of Commons, was asked if her party would revoke the hundreds of new licences announced by the Prime Minister.
She signalled that a Labour government would not take the licences away as she repeated the party’s existing pledge that they would “grant no new licences” if they won power at the next general election.
Mr Sunak announced on Monday morning that hundreds of new oil and gas licences would be granted in the UK in a bid to make the nation more energy independent.