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Governments ‘sleepwalking’ over Grangemouth closure
Grangemouth petrochemical plant in Grangemouth, December 9, 2021

SCOTTISH LABOUR has claimed that both of Scotland’s governments at Holyrood and Westminster are “sleepwalking towards disaster” on the Grangemouth closure.

Petroineos plans to close its refinery at the site by 2025, but workers there have continued to raise concerns about the lack of a just transition plan for the key site.

Quizzed by Scottish Labour’s Daniel Johnson on the situation, SNP Just Transition Minister Gillian Martin said: “Petroineos is making commercial decisions.

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