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Ross Thomson

Lanarkshire MP demands action from UK Government on spiralling energy crisis

Airdrie and Shotts MP Anum Qaisar has demanded urgent action from the UK government to financially support people with spiralling energy costs.

The SNP MP has called on the UK Government to introduce a number of measures such as scraping the energy price cap; doubling the energy grant to £800 and ensure all payments are made by the beginning of October.

She also called for an energy price cap for small and medium-sized enterprises and bringing in a further windfall tax and extend it to include all large businesses who made significant profits during the pandemic.

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