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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
John Stevens

Liz Truss performs 'screeching U-turn' over 'windfall tax' on electricity firms

Labour accused ministers of making another U-turn as they finally agreed to cap prices charged by wind farms and nuclear power stations.

Ed Miliband said the Tories had been “dragged kicking and screaming” to introducing a limit on the money that can be made by electricity firms.

Renewable energy generators and nuclear plants will have their revenues capped under a new Government plan to ensure they are not benefitting from record-high energy prices.

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