A former adviser says the government should encourage people to work from home to tackle energy shortages in the wake of the war in Iran.
Professor Nick Butler, once an adviser to Gordon Brown when he was prime minister and former vice-president for strategy and policy at oil giant BP, said it would be “perfectly sensible” for ministers to tell workers to stay at home, warning that the price of diesel could still go a “good deal” north of £2 per litre.
