The First Minister met with the Prime Minister ahead of a summit of the British-Irish Council in Wales.

Scotland’s energy industry is facing an “existential threat”, the First Minister has claimed as he called for UK Government support.

John Swinney and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met ahead of a summit of the British-Irish Council in Wales.

The meeting came after job losses announced last month at an ethylene plant in Mossmorran, Fife, owned by oil giant ExxonMobil risking more than 400 jobs and a further 100 set to be cut at Harbour Energy in Scotland’s north-east.

Both owners have cited UK Government policy as one of the reasons behind the decisions.

Ahead of the meeting, the First Minister said Scotland is an “afterthought” to Westminster, pushing for independence and stressing

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