UK Government Needs To Do More To Combat Energy Crisis: Industry Leaders

Heavy industry bosses in the UK have been piling pressure on the government to provide emergency cash to manufacturers struggling to cope with surging energy costs. Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said he was in talks with the Treasury to provide emergency funding to heavy industry firms, but the claim was quickly slapped down by anonymous sources at the Treasury. A Treasury source said Kwarteng had “made up” the talks, although Number 10 said, “Treasury officials are working with Beis (the Department for Business, Energy and…