Ofgem boss may have to go amid energy complaints, incoming chair says

Protesters demonstrating against high energy prices outside Ofgem's headquarters in Canary Wharf, London, last year. Photograph: Rob Pinney/Getty Images

The chief executive of the energy watchdog could be replaced after a turbulent few years which has caused staff morale to slump and supplier complaints to increase, its incoming chair has said.

MPs on the energy select committee said there were concerns about Ofgem’s future direction and asked Mark McAllister, the government’s pick to chair the regulator, whether he would consider replacing the chief executive, Jonathan Brearley, if he found he was not leading the watchdog in the right way.