Humza Yousaf likens Labour to Margaret Thatcher over oil and gas plans

Scottish first minister says plans to extend fossil fuel windfall tax are throwing workers ‘on the scrapheap’

Humza Yousaf has accused Labour of behaving like Margaret Thatcher by throwing oil and gas workers on the “on the scrapheap”, as he announced the SNP would not back Labour’s proposals for extending the fossil fuel windfall tax.

In a campaign speech delivered in Aberdeen, the UK’s oil capital, Scotland’s first minister accused Labour of risking 100,000 jobs after Keir Starmer promised a “proper” windfall tax on oil and gas firms earlier this month when he scaled back his party’s £28bn green investment pledge.