Every Scot subsidises oil firms operating in the north sea by £190 each year, according to new research published by the Scottish Greens yesterday.

The Greens found privateers benefit from more than £1 billion in tax breaks every year from the UK government.

And Green Yes, the Green Party’s campaign for a Yes vote in the independence referendum, says the money could deliver more renewables, additional childcare, 25,000 extra teachers, and 28,000 extra nurses.