Energy switching is dead, long live the market in energy saving

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Matthew Spencer argues that simply encouraging people to switch energy suppliers can never bring household bills down

The Prime Minister created a storm when he announced that energy companies would have to put consumers on the lowest energy tariffs, but he may have done us all a service if his intervention helps kill...

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