pat mcfadden, shadow economic secretary _ future.ure. pat mcfadden, shadow economic secretary to the, - future. pat mcfadden, shadow. economic secretary to the, thank future. pat mcfadden, shadow- economic secretary to the, thank you very much for your time. four people have been taken to hospital after an explosion at a house in ayr. two adults and two children were injured in the blast which was heard and felt for miles around. police said one house was entirely destroyed and those on either side were damaged. the cause of the blast is under investigation. 0ur correspondent is at the scene. what is the latest you have for us?— have for us? investigations are continuing _ have for us? investigations are continuing to — have for us? investigations are continuing to try _ have for us? investigations are continuing to try to _ have for us? investigations are continuing to try to establish . have for us? investigations are i continuing to try to establish the cause of the explosion last night. let's just go through exactly what it is we

pat mcfadden for labour said to me earlier, _ fast enough.st enough. pat mcfadden for labour said to me earlier, there is _ fast enough. pat mcfadden for labour said to me earlier, there is the - said to me earlier, there is the cost of acting, there is the cost of not acting. do you accept that the treasury has a really difficultjob, we are still in the pandemic, we're coming out of the pandemic, we hope, irreversibly, but do you accept the treasury has a difficultjob to try to balance the books? t treasury has a difficult “0b to try to balance the books?_ treasury has a difficult “0b to try to balance the books? i think the treasury is _ to balance the books? i think the treasury is missing _ to balance the books? i think the treasury is missing a _ to balance the books? i think the treasury is missing a trick- to balance the books? i think the treasury is missing a trick here l treasury is missing a trick here because we know that one of the government's priorities is the so—called levelling up agenda. i can't think of a better way of leve

let's talk now to the shadow economic secretary to the treasury, pat mcfadden. good morning.y prices. they had a meeting with the business secretary on friday which came to nothing. yesterday there was an unseemly row between the business secretary and the treasury. we would get the treasury involved in this. industry deserves better than warring departments briefing against each other. what they need is a plan for government to help them through this current crisis. what would that plan look like us to mark the meeting on friday, the industries presented some proposals to the business secretary. to put this into context. of your viewers, of this are not huge. uk steel, the organisation representing the steel industry, presented a plan to do business secretary with a pricetag of £50 million on it. asked if that is the cost of keeping the uk steel industry running or not, that is a cost the treasury can afford. they are not asking for a huge amount, they are asking for some strategic help because of these exceptional circumstances with gas prices in particular going through th