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TUC Congress opposes government ban on North Sea drilling licences
An oil platform standing amongst other rigs that have been left in the Cromarty Firth near Invergordon in the Highlands of Scotland, February 15, 2016
TUC Congress narrowly backed a motion calling for no government bans on new licences for North Sea drilling on Monday.
Delegates said a fully funded workers’ plan, guaranteeing commensurate jobs for all North Sea workers, must be agreed first.
The union federation also resolved to back the building of Sizewell C nuclear plant and supporting small modular reactors.
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