Former energy select committee chair Tim Yeo has backed Lord Turner to head the Conservatives mooted review of energy costs if the party is re-elected to government following the general election. The Conservative manifesto includes a pledge to launch a review of energy costs alongside the promise to cap householders’ bills. Yeo, who stood down as a Conservative MP at the 2015 general election and was a shadow environment secretary when the Tories were in opposition, said Turner’s appointment to chair the review would bolster business’ confidence in the exercise. “Adair Turner did a very effective job at chairing the Climate Change Committee (CCC),” said Yeo. “He has a good understanding of economics, gives very clear argument and he looks at the evidence. He’s not a Conservative, but he has the confidence of the business world.”
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