THE UK's power firms have been told by energy secretary Amber Rudd to start cutting household bills by passing on the 20% fall in wholesale costs of gas and electricity costs.
It is obviously right that these savings should be passed onto the hard-pressed consumers, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet.
But I think the energy secretary needs to go further and also tell these energy firms that it is unfair that those with pre-payment meters have to pay over the odds.
These meters mean that those who pay in advance for their gas and electricity have to pay an average of £80 a year more than direct debit customers.
It is the poorest in society and those least able to fight their corner who are penalised in this way and I think that is totally wrong.
These power providers are raking in eye-watering profits.
They should cut their charges but they should also stop penalising pre-payment users.
Government figures show that households in Merseyside have the highest proportion of pre-payment meters in the country.
Last year alone 97,000 pre-pay gas and electricity meters were installed in England, Wales and Scotland last year alone.
Paul Nuttal, Northwest Ukip MEP.
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