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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Energy minister says UK must ‘do whatever it takes’ to avoid gas supply crisis

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National Grid's liquified natural gas plant at the Isle of Grain on the Kent coast. Photograph: Paul Hackett/Reuters

The UK energy minister has said the country must “do whatever it takes” to avoid a gas supply crisis after advisers warned of the risk of a shortage hitting homes and businesses by the end of the decade.

Michael Shanks promised the government would “redouble our efforts to decarbonise” the economy and make sure the UK had enough gas storage and import capacity, saying the previous government had failed to plan for shortages.

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