The incoherence of coalition energy policy has been clear for a long time and proof continues to pile up. In the Telegraph today, we read that the Treasury is going to extend its scheme for energy intensive industry, giving them further relief from the burdens that are driving them out of business.
The energy and business minister will admit that costs are undermining the UK’s competitiveness and that current compensation for manufacturers is failing to offset the growing burden of green levies on energy bills.
It is hard to contain one's contempt for such awe-inspiring numptiness.