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Struggling households unable to pay energy bills could fork out less under new plans

Ofgem calls for the return of social tariffs for low-income households and powers to stop prepay meters being forcibly fitted

Chronicle Live

Ofgem pledge to protect customers from energy firms' 'inappropriate' pre-payment meter practices

The watchdog's chief has warned they could take legal action against firms which do not take due care

Wales Online

Ofgem vows to protect billpayers from 'inappropriate' pre-payment meter practices

The watchdog's chief executive said there is a right to to be "concerned" about the practice

Manchester Evening News

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UK Government demands energy firms stop forcibly moving households on to more expensive pre-paid tariff

Grant Shapps has told energy firms they should make greater efforts to help those struggling to pay their bills.

Daily Record

Energy suppliers to be investigated over Britons forced on to prepayment meters

Ofgem could consider legal action if companies found not to be taking proper care of vulnerable households

The Guardian - UK

Business secretary demands energy firms halt forced fitting of prepayment meters

Grant Shapps has vowed to ‘name and shame’ the worst energy suppliers

The Independent UK

Businesses berate ‘scattergun’ approach to UK government energy support

Exclusive: small business and hospitality groups urge rethink to let firms renegotiate fairer contracts and stave off closure

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Energy firms warned to stop forced fitting of prepayment meters to hard-up households

Worst offenders will be named and shamed

Wales Online

Stop forcing people on to prepayment meters, UK minister urges suppliers

Grant Shapps tells firms to stop pushing consumers on to pre-paid tariffs amid threat to ‘name and shame’ worst offenders

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt poised to approve £300m support package for British Steel

Grant would help steelmaker cut its carbon footprint and avoid thousands of jobs losses

The Guardian - UK

Shapps issues warning on ‘dangerous’ US multi-billion dollar green subsidies

The Business Secretary said Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act could mark a slide into protectionism.

The Independent UK

UN agency rejects Tory ministers' claims it backs 'draconian' anti-strike laws

The PM Rishi Sunak and the Business Secretary Grant Shapps have both highlighted the International Labour Organisation when defending proposals to impose 'minimum service levels' during industrial action

Daily Mirror

UN agency and US labour secretary deny backing UK anti-strike bill

Remarks at odds with government claims that planned minimum service law has ‘international seal of approval’

The Guardian - UK

Grant Shapps: Officials ‘actively working’ on prepayment meter disconnections

Business Secretary Grant Shapps told MPs in the Commons ‘we do not want to see people cut off during this cold weather’.

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The Independent UK

‘I said hair-brushing, not airbrushing’: Shapps admits Boris Johnson photo mistake

The Business Secretary claimed he told staff Mr Johnson needed ‘hair-brushing, not airbrushing’ from the tweet

Evening Standard

Grant Shapps says sorry for airbrushing Boris Johnson out of Twitter photo

The Business Secretary claimed he told staff Mr Johnson needed ‘hair-brushing, not airbrushing’ from the tweet

The Independent UK

Shapps apologises for airbrushing Boris Johnson out of Twitter photo

The Business Secretary claimed he told staff Mr Johnson needed ‘hair-brushing, not airbrushing’ from the tweet.

The Independent UK

Anti-strike legislation passes first test but wave of industrial action rolls on

Teachers are the latest group of workers to vote for a walkout, joining nurses, railway workers and ambulance staff

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Wales Online

Anti-strike legislation passes first test, but wave of industrial action rolls on

National Education Union (NEU) the latest to be planning strikes, with teachers set to walk out on seven days in February and March

The Independent UK

Teachers support strike action as MPs back controversial legislation

Nine out of 10 teacher members of the National Education Union (NEU) voted for strike action.

The Guardian - UK

It’s obvious there’s a deal to be done with the unions – except to Shapps and Sunak

To Grant and Rish!, the nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers, teachers and railway workers are militant, hard-hearted killers

The Guardian - UK

‘Foolish’ anti-strike bill would stop some workers from ever striking, says Labour

Angela Rayner claims people in certain job categories could lose the right to withdraw their labour under Tory plans

The Guardian - UK

Proof that ‘oven-ready’ Boris Johnson is finally cooked

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps says Labour ‘putting lives at risk’ by opposing anti-strike law

Labour accuses business secretary of ‘pouring petrol on fire’ of current strikes

Chronicle Live

Workers protest over 'undemocratic legislation' outside Northumberland MP's office as part of national campaign

Members of the RMT, Fire Brigades Union, and Public and Commercial Services Union all showed up outside the Blyth Valley MP's office in an attempt to stop the Government from "rushing through anti-strike legislation"

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