Britain ‘one shock away’ from energy crisis as global instability and spiralling prices leave UK exposed

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Britain has been warned its current energy regime is just one shock away from crisis following a prolonged period of global instability, leading experts to warn the UK must diversify its portfolio and end reliance on overseas energy imports or see power bills explode to never-before-seen levels.GB News has been told that an overreliance on imported energy at punishing prices has pushed the economy to the brink and threatens to leave the UK dangerously exposed.Experts from across the energy and defence sectors have urged policymakers to address the critical resilience gap ahead of the "next global crisis.""The energy shocks of 2022 and 2026 really tipped the UK over the edge," Dan Marks, fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) told The People's Channel.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say "We are at a point where there really is not enough fiscal space for another shock like that."If there are persistent spikes of this kind of scale, the UK strategy will no longer work," he...

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