Andy Burnham was yesterday urged to reverse Labour's oil and gas drilling ban 'before it's too late' as BP put its North Sea business up for sale in a major blow to Britain.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said the PM must 'stop faffing' after the energy giant said it was pulling out of its UK oil and gas fields after six decades.
BP's decision is the most significant example yet of how the North Sea industry is being crushed by the tax burden imposed by a series of governments and increased by Labour.
It came as a sucker punch to Mr Burnham a day after he signalled his party was ready to soften his opposition to new drilling in the region.
The reversal came after mounting concern that Net Zero policies championed by former energy secretary Ed Miliband were leaving Britain exposed – at a time when oil and gas supplies from the Middle East are being choked off, pushing up bills.
