Andy Burnham’s energy secretary is accused of ‘hiding from scrutiny’ after excluding media from oil and gas meeting in Aberdeen

Andy Burnham‘s ‘terrified’ energy secretary hid from scrutiny on her first official visit to Aberdeen to meet oil and gas executives yesterday.

Miatta Fahnbulleh excluded the media and failed to issue a read-out after meeting North Sea leaders in a UK Government office in Scotland’s energy capital.

The former economist has previously opposed new oil and gas fields and called for Net Zero targets to be accelerated.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) claimed the media shut-out was because Ms Fahnbulleh had only been appointed on Monday.

But she gave TV and radio interviews in London within 24 hours of taking

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