Scotland’s papers: Value-of-living disaster hits and Putin’s fuel risk

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A number of papers lead with increases to the energy price cap – the maximum that suppliers can charge households – National Insurance, council tax and other bills. The i leads on the cost-of-living crisis – reporting that that Conservatives are accusing Chancellor Rishi Sunak of being “politically naïve”. It says an ex-cabinet member is predicting “Sunak’s leadership chances are over” as 2.5 million people will fall into “fuel stress”.

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The Metro also focuses on the energy company website outages. One firm attempted to blame consumer champion Martin Lewis, who encouraged customers to register readings, it says.

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“Pain in the gas,” is the Scottish Sun’s take, as energy bills soar by an average of £700. It says “blackmailing” Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to send energy prices even higher by “turning off Russian gas supplies”.

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The Scotsman leads with the same story, saying the head of Britain’s armed forces said…

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