I’ve called on the Scottish National Party to support the Labour Party’s pledge to freeze energy prices for two years if elected as we work towards regulating the energy market.

I’ve made the request after the pledge made by Ed Miliband was described as “completely unworkable” by Scottish Government’s energy minister Fergus Ewing. Mr Ewing was responding to a question raised by my colleague Iain Gray MSP who had asked the Scottish Government if the SNP would match our commitment in a separate Scotland. Continue reading →