Today Amber Rudd is doing her bit for the In campaign with a speech in which she will warn the nation that UK energy costs could ‘rocket’ by £500 million a year if Britain were to vote to leave the European Union. The Energy and Climate Change Secretary will also claim that leaving the EU would mean that President Putin could raise the price of Russian gas and in turn cause energy chaos for Britain.
To discuss the claims, Rudd — whose brother Roland is the treasurer of the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign — appeared on the Today show with Justin Webb. Unfortunately for Rudd, Webb had done his research when it came to her claims. He proceeded to take her to task over the speech which he pointed out had a ‘bit of a plague of frogs feeling to it’.
So, do Rudd’s claims stand up? Happily Webb was on hand to bust some of her Project Fear myths:
Claim 1 – Higher energy bills if we leave the EU
Rudd claims that the report says that Brexit would spell higher energy bills for Britain, whch could be an increase of over £500 million a year.
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