More than 600 local pools face closure over Tory plans to slash energy bills support, the country’s operator has warned.
The 85% cut risks decimating school swimming lessons, threatens people’s fitness and wellbeing and puts safety around pools in danger.
Leisure centres and gyms could also be hit. Charitable social enterprise GLL, which manages more than 270 public sport and leisure centres, said energy costs have rocketed by 300% since September 2021, even with the Government’s existing price cap scheme.
