UK gas storage hits low levels: comment

"Gas prices remain volatile as we approach the fourth year of the gas crisis and, as the North Sea continues its inevitable decline, unless the UK starts to reduce its demand for gas then we'll just become more dependent on imports from abroad, with prices set by the international markets.

"When gas prices rise in Europe and across the world, they rise in the UK too; more drilling in the North Sea is a red herring solution. Energy independence and stabilised bills will come from insulating houses, moving away from gas boilers to electric heat pumps and building out more renewables so that we aren't as reliant on gas for power."