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SNP calls on rivals to match its Just Transition fund
First Minister Humza Yousaf (centre) and Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Just Transition, Mairi McAllan, during a visit to see the progress at the Port of Aberdeen South Harbour expansion project, April, 2023
THE Scottish government challenged Labour and the Tories today to match its Just Transition Fund after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced new oil and gas licences and billions of pounds in handouts to energy firms.
The SNP-Green government’s fund, amounting to £50 million a year for 10 years, has been widely criticised by climate campaigners.
Friends of the Earth Scotland has argued that the criteria remains unclear and that it takes insufficient account of communities and workers in its allocations.
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