Oil

Corporate welfare General

Subsidising fossil fuels

March 14, 2015

UK loaned £1.7bn to foreign fossil fuel projects despite pledge 06/01/15 15:33 Details the loans provided by the UK government to the oil industry… Adam Vaughan writes: “The UK government has provided well over a […]

Corporate welfare General

Oil industry and unions lobby for corporate welfare

December 19, 2014

Unions call for North Sea tax breaks as oil slump threatens jobs Interesting article which makes clear the potential wider social benefits from direct forms of corporate welfare…. Terry Macalister and Severin Carrell write that: “The role of the […]