UK watchdogs ‘must do more to protect consumers’

National Audit Office says major regulators must prove they are responding to rising prices and growing numbers of complaints

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Ofgem have been criticised for failing to keep energy prices down
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Major UK regulators need to prove they are doing more to protect customers amid rising prices and a growing number of complaints, the National Audit Office has concluded.

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