Storm Arwen: PM faces rage of ‘freezing and forgotten’ north

Calls for inquiry after thousands left without power for a week in the north-east and Scotland

Boris Johnson faces calls for an urgent inquiry into the “appalling” response to Storm Arwen and the resilience of the country’s electricity networks after thousands of people were left without power for more than a week.

Local residents say they felt abandoned after the failure to restore power to more than 9,000 homes, mainly across the north-east and Scotland. MPs said it was a “national scandal” that the elderly and vulnerable had been put at risk in bitterly cold conditions.

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