Gasman attacks CBI’s winter fuel warnings

British Gas has launched a withering attack on the Confederation of British Industry for ‘irresponsible scaremongering’ over the danger of widespread power cuts during the winter.

Mark Clare, the managing director of British Gas, said that CBI director Sir Digby Jones had ‘gone too far’ and overstated the risk of interruptions in energy supplies to business if the winter is severe, as weather forecasters have predicted.