{"id":54171,"date":"2017-05-09T16:27:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T09:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-conservatives-energy-price-cap-is-not-a-strong-and-stable-long-term-policy\/"},"modified":"2017-05-09T16:30:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T09:30:49","slug":"the-conservatives-energy-price-cap-is-not-a-strong-and-stable-long-term-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-conservatives-energy-price-cap-is-not-a-strong-and-stable-long-term-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conservatives' energy price cap is not a strong and stable long-term policy"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe Tory price cap on energy bills is like giving in to a toddler\u2019s tantrum: you save short-term grief but encourage bad behaviour in the long termAre millions of people really being ripped off by big energy companies charging unfair prices, as Theresa May claims? It depends on whether you think people should be responsible for seeking out the best deals on the market.If you\u2019re one of the 1.3m who switched your electricity supplier at the start of this year, you are probably paying around \u00a3900-\u00a31,000 a year to light and heat your home. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…The Conservatives’ energy price cap is not a strong and stable long-term policy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Tory price cap on energy bills is like giving in to a toddler\u2019s tantrum:...<\/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-54171","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-e5J","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55295,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/conservatives-turn-to-energy-costs-as-price-cap-plans-soften\/","url_meta":{"origin":54171,"position":0},"title":"Conservatives turn to energy costs as price cap plans soften","date":"May 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Conservatives turn to energy costs as price cap plans soften","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52636,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tory-energy-bill-cap-will-save-families-100-damian-green-says\/","url_meta":{"origin":54171,"position":1},"title":"Tory energy bill cap will save families \u00a3100, Damian Green says","date":"April 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Work and pensions secretary says Ofgem will be empowered to set maximum prices that gas and electricity firms can chargeThe Conservatives will cap energy bills with savings of around \u00a3100 per family, the work and pensions secretary, Damian Green, has said - 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