UK Government ‘sitting on its hands’ instead of cutting rural costs – Swinney

First Minister John Swinney campaigned in Stranraer on Thursday (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

Scotland’s First Minister has accused the UK Government of “sitting on its hands” on rural energy costs.

Speaking following a visit to Stranraer in southern Scotland on Thursday, John Swinney said “frustration has turned to genuine fear” in rural Scotland over the cost of energy as a result of the conflict in Iran.