Forty-seven per cent of Tory voters favor returning energy companies to public ownership, with 28 per cent opposed to such a move and 25 per cent unsure. Among those who voted Conservative in 2019, including many in red wall seats in the North East and Midlands, the figure rises to 53 per cent in favor of renationalisation. The figures, from a YouGov poll carried out for the times, provide a clear picture of the choices facing squeezed households after it was announced that energy bills would rise to
