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Energy prices are soaring while household budgets are squeezed tighter. Our politicians know this and know that action is desperately required to ease the strain on households across the country.


The Prime Minister acknowledged as much when he told the House of Commons on 17 October 2012, “I can announce … that we will be legislating so that energy companies have to give the lowest tariff to their customers.”


Turn Up The Heat is a campaign of consumers and energy companies set up to show support for the Prime Minister’s pledge. 

 

The earliest opportunity for the Government to introduce this is in the Energy Bill, which we expect to be published on 19th November 2012. We want the Government to stick to its pledge and put the proposals to reduce consumers tariffs in the Energy Bill.

 

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01 Nov 2012 -

MPs demand details from the energy secretary

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31 Oct 2012 -

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30 Oct 2012 -

Letter to the Prime Minister

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London, 01 November 2012

Conservative and Labour MPs today stepped up the pressure on energy secretary Ed Davey to introduce legislation which will force energy companies to put customers on the lowest tariffs.  In a series of oral questions to Mr Davey, MPs repeatedly asked the secretary of state to offer more details on the prime minister’s pledge that the government would be “legislating so that energy companies have to give the lowest tariff to their customers.”

Sir Tony Baldry led enquiries by asking Mr Davey how exactly the government planned to use this forthcoming legislation “to enable consumers to receive the best deal on their energy;” Labour’s Katy Clark reminded Mr Davey of the prime minister’s pledge, demanding to know when and how her constituents would be moved on to the cheapest tariffs.  Mr Davey simply told both MPs that the governmen...

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