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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Miles Brignall

UK telecoms firms urged to let customers leave before record price rise

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Many customers of leading telecoms providers will pay £60 a year more for their contracts from April. Photograph: Russell Hart/Alamy

The UK’s biggest telecoms firms are being urged to allow customers to exit contracts penalty-free after it emerged they are due to impose their biggest price increases ever – over 14% – from April.

BT, EE, Plusnet, Shell, TalkTalk and Vodafone are all on track to increase home internet bills by the inflation busting figure – adding about £60 a year – but most customers are on fixed-term contracts with break-clause fees of up to £219 if they try to leave.

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