The energy crisis will not lead to the “lights going out” this winter, the business secretary has said.
Kwasi Kwarteng insisted the country had sufficient capacity to meet customer demand, branding thoughts to the contrary as “alarmist, unhelpful and completely misguided”.
“There is absolutely no question of the lights going out or people being unable to heat their homes,” he said.
His words come after wholesale gas prices rose by 70 per cent in August, leading to the collapse of four energy firms in recent days.
Elsewhere, Boris Johnson has warned that post-Brexit trade complications with Northern Ireland “can’t go on forever”, as his government considers whether to override parts of its agreement with the EU.
Speaking from New York on Monday, the prime minister said he was not trying to “stoke” the situation up for “political purposes”, insisting he just wanted “common sense” to prevail.
Critics, however, suggest that his government signed up to an agreement it knew would cause trade friction between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
