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Labour’s Broken Promises Will Hurt North East of Scotland

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People in the North East of Scotland will not forget it if Labour’s GB Energy fails to deliver on promised jobs for Aberdeen, says Scottish Green MSP Maggie Chapman.

The comments come as the boss of Keir Starmer’s energy company has revealed that it could take 20 years for the promised jobs to be created.

At the general election, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar promised “lower bills, more jobs, greater energy security”, but today Scotland discovered that Labour had yet again over-promised in their desire for power.

Now Scotland could have to wait decades to feel any benefit.

This is just the latest failure by Labour to make good on its promise to working Scots to make household bills cheaper. 

In August 2024, The UK Government dumped a key election promise to cut energy bills by £300 a year, and when questioned by MPs at Westminster in October, the boss of GB Energy was unable to say when GB Energy would reduce household bills.

Scottish Greens MSP for North East, Maggie Chapman said:

“Labour promised that GB Energy would finally cut energy bills while creating hundreds of new jobs in Aberdeen, but it’s looking increasingly likely that neither of these things will happen.

“GB Energy looks like yet another Westminster white elephant that is designed by businessmen for businessmen.

“If it is not lowering bills or creating jobs then what will it do?

“Energy bills are too high and are stretching people to their limits.

“We must get away from a broken and destructive system that means sky high bills for households and families and chaos for our climate.

“People were told that they were voting for change at the election, but it’s clear that Starmer and Sarwar have no intention of delivering it.

“Time and again, this Labour government has shown that it cannot be trusted.

“It has already chosen to plunge pensioners into fuel poverty by cutting winter fuel payments, kept the cruel two-child cap and betrayed millions of working class WASPI women.

“Are workers in Aberdeen the next to be betrayed?

“Scotland deserves so much better than this.

“We have masses of unlocked potential in our skilled workforce, and vast renewable resources.

“We need politicians to invest in our communities and our skills and put people and planet before profit.”

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