Calls for UK Government to freeze energy prices immediately

Joint demand from politicians and power companies, after an afternoon summit

Energy suppliers and poverty campaigners met with the First Minister to discuss the current crisis, ahead of big price rises set to hit homes and businesses this autumn.

That could see average household bills rising to more than three and a half thousand pounds in October. Pushing up the cost of living and causing more industrial action, as workers and businesses struggle to make ends meet.

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