Boris Johnson has been accused by the SNP of being “asleep at the wheel” as the UK plunges into an energy crisis. As the Prime Minister flew of to Marbella in Spain for a week’s holiday Ian Blackford, the SNP Westminster leader, said the UK Government needs to “nurse” businesses through the energy crisis.
Blackford said the refusal by UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to offer extra help for energy-intensive businesses or bail-out of failing energy companies was “like Thatcher all over again, isn’t it?” The SNP MP warned that not providing support for firms as wholesale energy prices rise will affect everyone and could lead to factory closures and big energy firms failing this winter.Speaking on BBC Scotland, Blackford said: “Government
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