UK government says power outages in winter possible

Power blackouts this winter are "extremely unlikely" this winter, UK Cabinet Office Minister Nadhim Zahawi has told Sky News, Report informs.

Zahawi's comments come amid concerns of power cuts with the squeeze on energy supplies following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Pressed on the possibility of planned blackouts, Zahawi said: "It's extremely unlikely."

While stressing the UK's energy resilience, he added: "But it's only right that we plan for every scenario.

"All I would say is we have a buffer, the same buffer as last year, and so I'm confident that come Christmas, come the cold weather, we will continue to be in that resilient place, but it's only right we have looked at every scenario."