Pensioners being ripped off by energy firms

Government could include price cap pledge in manifesto

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At the start of winter the Big Six energy firms announced, with much fanfare, that they were freezing their prices. Well, winter has now thawed and with it the price freezes.

Five of the Big Six have announced price hikes in recent week leaving customers paying up to £445 more a year, according to research from uSwitch. While this will mean many of us reach for our laptops and start shopping around for the cheapest fixed deal, there is one group who are being perennially ripped-off by utility firms – pensioners.

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