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Leslie backs calls for public ownership of energy in an independent Scotland

Households rationing electricity usage by over 50%  and instead burning imported gas in portable heaters to keep their homes warm is deplorable in renewables-rich Orkney. That was the view of Orkney and Shetland SNP candidate Robert Leslie as he backed a resolution at the SNP conference in Aberdeen to bring…

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Vulnerable Orkney households face electricity price rise

Electricity price rises signalled by the UK energy regulator will be a hammer blow to Orkney families already struggling to heat their homes this winter, according to Orkney’s SNP candidate for the Scottish elections.

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