Cameron faces backlash after telling fuel customers to change supplier

‘Fuel poverty campaigners have hit out at David Cameron after he reacted to a 9.2 per cent price rise from British Gas by telling people simply to switch to a different supplier.

Last week Scottish and Southern Electricity (SSE) announced an 8.2 per cent price increase, and with npower expected to reveal an even larger rise next week critics pointed out that consumers would be moving from one high-charging supplier to another …

… Clare Welton of Fuel Poverty Action said: “Switching from one expensive, profiteering company to another does not provide us with a solution, when the problem is the Big Six themselves.” She called for “rapid investment in renewables to start now”.

“Until energy is not-for-profit and under the ownership of the public and communities, we will continue to be at the sharp edge of profit-hungry companies and ever-increasing global fossil fuel prices.”’

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