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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Lowered Ofgem price cap will still leave a quarter in fuel poverty, activists warn

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A fuel poverty campaigner protesting outside parliament in London last October. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

More than a quarter of households in Great Britain will remain in fuel poverty even though the regulator Ofgem has lowered the price cap for domestic energy, campaigners have warned.

The cap, which limits what suppliers can charge per unit of gas and electricity, falls from Saturday 1 July to the equivalent of £2,074 a year for the usage of a typical household.

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