The Chancellor was widely expected to take action to assist the struggling North Sea oil industry in his Budget, and sure enough he did. George Osborne believes his measures will stimulate an extra £4bn worth of investment and lead to 120m extra barrels of oil being pumped. So why didn’t share prices soar on the news yesterday?
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