{"id":82476,"date":"2018-03-12T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/record-numbers-switch-electricity-supplier-amid-wintry-uk-weather\/"},"modified":"2018-03-12T14:03:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T07:03:32","slug":"record-numbers-switch-electricity-supplier-amid-wintry-uk-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/record-numbers-switch-electricity-supplier-amid-wintry-uk-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Record numbers switch electricity supplier amid wintry UK weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nAbout 660,000 households changed supplier in February with 1 in 5 avoiding big six suppliersA record number of households switched their electricity provider in February as wintry weather gripped the UK, sending home energy bills soaring.Trade body Energy UK said 660,000 people switched supplier last month, a new monthly record and 60% up on February 2017. The scale of switching means that so far this year the equivalent of everyone in a city the size of Birmingham has changed supplier, it said.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2018\/mar\/12\/record-numbers-switch-electricity-supplier-amid-wintry-uk-weather\" target=\"_blank\">Record numbers switch electricity supplier amid wintry UK weather<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; About 660,000 households changed supplier in February with 1 in 5 avoiding big six suppliersA&#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-82476","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-lsg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40832,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/consumers-urged-to-switch-energy-supplier\/","url_meta":{"origin":82476,"position":0},"title":"Consumers urged to switch energy supplier","date":"January 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Too many are still paying too much for gas and electricity, despite a record 4.8 million people making a changeThe energy regulator and consumer groups have said that too few people are switching energy suppliers, despite latest figures showing a record 4.8 million switched electricity tariff last year. 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