Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng was accused of lying on TV, before the same Treasury source revealed the meetings he said he was having over how to sort out the looming industry crisis are not happening at all.
There is no appetite for bailouts from either the business secretary or the Treasury - this was done recently and in very limited and specific circumstances, not to be repeated.An energy price cap for small businesses seems to be almost off the table, but alternative options would all need millions if not billions of extra taxpayer money, not something the government wants to have to do.
Couple this with the fact that COP26 looms just around the corner, and ministers are even less keen to be subsidising gas at a time when they want to be seen to hike levies on it to discourage its use. As with everything, there is likely to be a middle way, but it's clear the business secretary hasn't yet defined what that looks like to his Treasury colleagues who ultimately have to pay the bill.
A source in the business department says more meetings will happen this coming week to work out what industry needs and what ministers can do to help.Related Topics
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