Energy chief calls on Government to take urgent action

THE Government must do more to support the public through the cost of living crisis caused by the Ukraine conflict, the boss of Scottish Power has said.

- AUGUST GRAHAM

Chief executive Keith Anderson said that people are feeling "genuine fear" as energy bills rise "off the charts and out of reach" and proposed that bills should be frozen.

He also called on the Government to double the support packages it put into place in May - which promised £400 for all households and up to £1200 for the most vulnerable.

Anderson said: "People's concern about how they're going to make ends meet when the price cap goes up at the start of October is palpable, and turning to genuine fear." He warned that the "tough conditions for UK households are going to get much, much worse before they get better - and are going to endure for longer than any of us could have expected".