"Evidence right here: that gas prices have risen because of industrial scale gas lighting," actor Omid Djalili has said.

According to the American officials, Russia may want between 110,000-150,000 troops for a full-scale invasion, a level which could be reached in the next two weeks.

The pint bottles comeback would make Winston Churchill proud, as this was his favourite champagne measure.

“This will have a devastating impact on workers and their families,” GMB union national officer Ross Murdoch said.

The Lib Dems said the paper, which is meant to present how poorer areas in the UK will have better lives, is "something cobbled together in a rush".

"The government and energy companies should explain to bill payers why switching away from gas and insulating our homes is not only important in tackling climate change, but also a route to reducing energy bills," a government committee chair has said.

“This announcement has created uncertainty and unpredictability and certainly no stability, so I’m not sure what the purpose of this move is … it’s an absolute breach of international law," an EU official has said.

“I am basically British but because of a few technicalities I am treated differently, I just think it’s fundamentally very unfair," she told The London Economic.

One campaign group leader said she sees "little to no benefit for UK energy customers or taxpayers", and that "the only winners are the oil firm behind the project”.