Stella Coulthurst, landlady of The White Hart Inn in Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire, will close her pub next week and will not reopen until spring after her electricity bill jumped three-fold.
The new Chancellor today took a wrecking ball to the economic policies of Liz Truss and his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng by reversing a raft of tax cuts set out in the mini-Budget last month.
Drinks industry bosses called for pubs to be put on a priority list for gas supplies to avoid running out of stock in a matter of months, following National Grid s warning of power cuts this winter.
Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg signed off a £15million public information campaign that would encourage people to take simple measures like turning off radiators in empty rooms.
Backbench MPs attacked No10 s decision to nix a £15million public information campaign telling people to turn off the heating in unused rooms, and when they leave the house.