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Radio Scotland,20 May 2026,22 mins

Is the UK's energy policy 'insane'?

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If you鈥檙e interested in this episode, you may also like 鈥楧rill, maybe drill? Our North Sea dilemma鈥 /sounds/play/m002t181 The UK government has delayed sanctions that would ban imports of Russian oil - because of fears over the price of diesel and jet fuel. The Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says the decision to buy 鈥榝rom Russia instead of drilling in the North Sea鈥 is 鈥榠nsane鈥. But is she right? Will the oil and gas fields Rosebank and Jackdaw get the go-ahead? And what will really bring our bills down? Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins get some answers from our energy correspondent Kevin Keane. Scotcast is the 麻豆社鈥檚 Scottish news podcast. Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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