Truss urged to tackle energy crisis

Truss was declared the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest yesterday (September 5) and will become PM following the resignation of outgoing PM Boris Johnson later today. Truss beat her leadership rival Rishi Sunak with 81,326 votes from Conservative Party members.

Commenting on Truss’ victory, Richard Robinson, Atkins CEO -UK & Europe, said: “Cost of living is clearly a priority for the new PM, and we watch with interest as she sets out short terms plans to tackle energy prices and rising inflation.”

In his final speech as PM, Johnson said government is providing short- and long-term solutions for the nation’s energy requirements.

“Not just using more of our own domestic hydrocarbons but going up by 2030 to 50GW of wind power, that is half this country’s energy electricity needs from offshore wind alone, [and] a new nuclear reactor every year,” he said.

Robinson commented that longer term plans to grow the economy will require more certainty around infrastructure spend, and credible policies that will allow industry to develop solutions to achieve net zero targets.