The soaring cost of energy — british companies call for "immediate action" from the gvernment. there are more talks today between ministers and manufacturers amid warnings that some factories could soon shut down. i am saying today and liberty is saying today and the whole sector is saying today, come on, government, don't sit on your hands. take action now. meanwhile, the goverment is trying to defuse a row between the business department and the treasury over whether to offer state support. we'll have the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime — the metropolitan police says it's ta...