Alan Whitehead MP, Labour’s Shadow
Energy Minister and Climate Change,
responding to reports that Ofgem will implement an energy price cap for two
million vulnerable households, falling short of Theresa May’s General Election
promise, said:
“Theresa
May misled voters during the election by pledging to cap energy bills for 17
million households before quickly backtracking. Now she is trying to mislead
people again by claiming the responsibility to introduce a cap for all
households on standard variable tariffs lies with Ofgem, despite the regulator
making clear it needs the government to legislate.
"Unlike
the Tories, the next Labour government will offer more than empty words by
introducing an immediate emergency price cap to keep household bills down,
while we transition to a fairer system for bill payers.”
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