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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josie Clarke

Energy price cap ‘costing consumers money and driving inflation’

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Ofgem’s energy price cap is preventing customers from accessing lower tariffs, contributing to inflation and should be abolished, according to a new report.

The cap has gone “far beyond” its original purpose of providing protection for customers to become a “de facto regulated market price”, centre-right think tank the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) said.

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