Government confirms plan for blackout investigation

James Murray
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Andrea Leadsom announces Energy Emergencies Executives Committee is to review last week's power cut, as National Grid boss defends company's response

The government has today set out the scope for its investigation into last week's blackout, which led to hundreds of thousands of homes losing power and major disruption on the rail network. Business...

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