The Government has been forced to recommit to its flagship energy price cap after The Independent revealed Whitehall officials were paving the way for the plans to be scrapped. While ministers have said they want legislation to tackle sky-high energy prices to come into force, they conceded it would only happen subject to parliamentary time. Cross-party MPs and smaller energy suppliers wrote to the Government after it emerged that energy investors had been told that Theresa May’s draft proposal will be ditched if ministers felt the Big Six suppliers were doing enough to tackle high bills.
Independent 3rd Nov 2017 read more »