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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Sunak and Truss rule out freezing energy prices at leadership hustings

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have ruled out freezing energy prices by claiming it would be an expensive, short-term fix that would fail to solve the underlying problem with soaring energy costs.

The Conservative leadership contenders were questioned on whether they would back Labour’s new strategy to fix the domestic energy cap during a leadership hustings at Perth Concert Hall on Tuesday night.

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