Study: Gas price crisis has cost UK £60bn since Russian invasion

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Max Kukurudziak

New analysis from ECIU argues Britain's gas reliance means soaring wholesale gas prices have cost around £1,000 for every adult in the UK

Astronomical wholesale gas prices in the year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine have cost the UK an additional £50bn to £60bn - or approximately £1,000 per adult - according to new estimates from...

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