Kwarteng raises postcode lottery fears over local electricity pricing

Kwasi Kwarteng has expressed doubt that localising the wholesale price of electricity is politically feasible because households may baulk at having paying different bills depending on where they live in the country. Speaking in a pre-recorded interview for an energy conference on Thursday (14 July), the business and secretary said: "Those regional disparities are something that as elected officials we are very aware of and don’t necessarily want to see.”