"why are'nt we incentifying north sea oil n gas.....we need the stuff "
All existing licences are being honoured.
It takes 20+ years for exploration and full production on existing licences to be for-filled.
Labour will close EXISTING loopholes in the current windfall tax.
The purpose is to become a clean energy leader using solar and wind with backup from nuclear and tidal .....eventually (20 yrs) avoiding gas/oil/coal completely for generating electricity. This is were future jobs/industrial expansion/cheaper energy lies..
Why should the UK be reliant on Foreign firms to supply equipment/expertise/lucrative contracts to generate OUR POWER!
We can become completely independent for ALL our energy.