“For the last year, the Government response to any discussion on industrial energy prices has been an instruction to wait for this official response. Unfortunately, it is now clear the wait has not been worth it and this has simply been an elaborate exercise in ‘can kicking’. Today’s speech provided us with no immediate plan, no concrete proposals and no hope that any relief is on its way, amounting to little more than another vague statement of intent."

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