Labour is calling for a ban on fracking, claiming UK Government support for it will make it impossible to meet the net-zero target for carbon emissions in this century.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned that only continued EU membership would keep investment flowing into the struggling North Sea oil and gas sector on a visit to Aberdeen on Saturday.
North Sea oil and gas leaders have not thought about the impact of Jeremy Corbyn becoming leader of the Labour Party, an MP claimed yesterday.
Shadow Scottish Secretary Ian Murray said there was no point in people "wasting their time speculating" about the consequences of the left-winger winning the leadership race.
Mr Corbyn is the favourite to be elected as the successor the Ed Miliband later this month.
