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.
Consumers will be paid to run their washing machines or charge their electric cars away from peak hours as the National Grid warns of blackouts this winter and pubs turn to candlelight in cutbacks.
The Prime Minister stressed there was a good supply of energy in the UK as she was pressed on her pledge - made during the Tory leadership campaign - that there would be no energy rationing in Britain.