Badenoch throws her weight behind oil and gas, to make Scotland 'richer in the process'
Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservative Party would reverse green policies and scrap a "regressive tax on one of our most successful industries".
The Conservative leader has addressed the Scottish Tories at their conference in Edinburgh this morning.
She spent slightly over half of her speech attacking her opponents.
But in a moment of enlightenment, Badenoch said: "I could be here all day talking about all the things that the SNP and Labour are doing wrong.
"But the truth is, people want to know what we are going to do."
The answer to that question, Badenoch said, is scrapping the windfall tax on oil and gas producers.
She said it was introduced when oil pries were at an all-time high, but warned Labour would allow it to remain in place until 2030, at which point there would be "no industry left to tax".
Badenoch explained: "People are not investing in the North Sea any more. That's why we shouldn't have this energy profits levy at all.
"And what is Reform's answer to energy policy? That the government should nationalize oil and gas. The last thing we need is more politicians meddling with business."
Scottish Tories to go big on North Sea oil and gas
She also called for scrapping the ban on new licences to source oil from the North Sea, and would overturn the ban on supporting oil and gas technology exports.
Badenoch added: "We will let this great Scottish industry thrive, grow and create jobs, ensuring our energy security for generations to come and making Scotland richer in the process."
In a nod to the agricultural sector, Badenoch also committed to overturning "the family farms tax" - the government's inclusion of farms worth more than 拢3m in paying inheritance tax.
The Tory leader said these policies will show to the public that the Conservatives "have changed" and are now "doing things differently".