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Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2018\/dec\/19\/watchdog-plans-price-caps-to-stop-4bn-loyal-customer-rip-off\" target=\"_blank\">Watchdog plans price caps to stop \u00a34bn loyal customer rip-off<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Radical reforms aim to stop insurance, mortgage, phone and broadband firms overchargingThe competition watchdog has&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-qDD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78435,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mod-loses-up-to-4bn-in-homes-deal-with-private-equity-group\/","url_meta":{"origin":102401,"position":0},"title":"MoD loses up to \u00a34bn in homes deal with private equity group","date":"January 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Spending watchdog criticises ministry as overcautious in dealings with Guy Hands\r \r Source : ft.com\r Read more...MoD loses up to \u00a34bn in homes deal with private equity group","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2462,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bt-condemned-for-misleading-superfast-broadband-customers\/","url_meta":{"origin":102401,"position":1},"title":"BT  condemned for misleading superfast broadband customers","date":"April 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Advertising watchdog reprimands Openreach division for repeatedly changing estimates about the service\u2019s availability in certain postcode areas BT has been ticked off by the advertising watchdog for misleading people about how long it will be until they will get superfast broadband in their homes. 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