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The Independent UK
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JD Vance brands UK energy prices a ‘scandal’ for British middle class

JD Vance United Kingdom
  • JD Vance described UK energy prices as a "scandal" during a speech at an election rally in Hungary on Wednesday, 8 April.
  • Vance is in Hungary to support Prime Minister Viktor Orban ahead of an upcoming general election.
  • He questioned why European nations made themselves "completely dependent on unreliable sources of energy".
  • Vance criticised the UK government for "underinvesting in their energy resources".
  • He claimed that UK citizens are paying more than six times their American counterparts for energy.

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JD Vance attacks UK energy costs and says Britons ‘can’t afford to heat homes’

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