Schools in Manchester have been warned of a sixfold increase in energy costs. Manchester council, which supplies energy to most schools and academies in the city, issued the warning days before its current contract with Gazprom ends.
It comes after the local authority decided to cut ties with the majority Russian state-owned energy company following the country's recent invasion of Ukraine.
However, the town hall says this move is not responsible for the rise in prices. Speaking at a schools forum meeting on Monday (March 21), Manchester council's head of energy management Walter Dooley said that from April, when the Gazprom contract was due to end, costs would have risen anyway.
He said: "Pretty much irrespective of who our supplier from April is going to be, we're going to be exposed to the same kind of levels of pricing. READ MORE: People most at risk from cost of living crisis forgotten, Andy Burnham says "So this change isn't going to deliver a benefit or a detriment in terms of the finances.
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