Despite winter blackout fears, Prime Minister Liz Truss has ruled out a £15 million energy-saving campaign because it was seen as a ‘light touch’.
is believed to have backed a dedicated winter campaign to prepare for all eventualities, with the Times reporting the idea was blocked by No 10.It had included measures designed to help people save up to £300 a year, including lowering the temperature of boilers, turning off radiators in empty rooms and advising people to turn off the heating when they go out.
But it added Ms Truss is said to be ‘ideologically opposed’ to such an approach as it could be too interventionist.Interventionism refers to the practice of ‘governmental interference in economic affairs at home or in political affairs of another country.’
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