'Cheapest energy deal' pledged

Oct 17 2012

Energy firms will be forced to give customers the cheapest available tariff under new legislation, David Cameron has announced.

Amid mounting concern about rocketing fuel bills, the Prime Minister signalled plans to introduce new laws to tackle the often-confusing array of tariffs.

"I can announce that we will be legislating so that energy companies have to give the lowest tariff to their customers," he told MPs during Prime Minister's Questions.

His intervention follows a string of above-inflation price hikes by major energy companies in recent days.