Caroline Flint MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, commenting on the announcement that there will be a full market investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority into the energy market, said:

“Yesterday’s price freeze from SSE showed that a price freeze is possible. Today’s confirmation that the energy market is broken shows that it’s needed for all customers.

“That’s why the next Labour Government will freeze gas and electricity prices until 2017 and reform the market to break up the big energy companies and make tariffs simpler and fairer.”