Theresa May urged to force energy companies to give customers their cheapest deals

THERESA May should force energy firms to put all customers on their cheapest tariffs, says a top MP.

Veteran campaigner and Labour MP, Frank Field, has written to Theresa May to say the striking move would be a powerful way to fulfil her pledge to help Britain’s struggling when she entered No10.

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Six out of 10 of all households are currently paying the most expensive tariffs after slipping onto them over the years.

That has left the majority of consumers forking out £305 a year too much for their gas and electricity.

Dubbing the move “a game changer”, the Work and Pensions committee boss also insisted the ‘Big Six’ energy firms can afford the move, having been able to pay out billions in dividends to their shareholders.

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Mr Field told The Sun: “It could make all the difference for those grafters having to walk a tightrope between being able to feed their families, or having to use a food bank”.

No10 is drawing up a fresh plan to clamp down on the “rip-off” energy market.

It also emerged yesterday that millions face paying more for heating this winter with the first energy price hikes for three years likely within weeks.

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Experts think the ‘Big Six’ suppliers are about to unleash a “tsunami of price rises”, with the first expected early in the New Year.

Average duel fuel bills could go up by £100 a year because of a rise in wholesale gas and electricity costs, along with green taxes.

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