Lib Dem peer calls for ‘double summer time’ to ease cost of living crisis

People walk to work past a series of clocks in Canary Wharf, London. Photograph: A Room With Views/Alamy

Ministers are facing calls to put British clocks forward by an extra hour to Central European Time to help ease the cost of living crisis.

The Liberal Democrat peer John Lee said moving to Paris time would help reduce household bills as it would maximise daylight in the evenings.