On a visit to Scotland, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has demanded that the UK Government cancel plans to hike the average household energy bill by £500 in April.
The party is calling for cuts to peoples' bills instead, combined with a new energy support package for businesses, leisure centres, schools and hospitals across Scotland. This would be paid for with a tougher windfall tax on the “bonanza bonuses” of oil and gas bosses.
The party leader, who is visiting Parliamentary target seat East Dunbartonshire and Wendy Chamberlain’s North East Fife seat before attending the Scottish Lib Dem conference this weekend, is also calling on the Scottish Government to ramp up home insulation.
