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Heating Oil Price Gouging - Claire, together with over 50 Conservative MPs, write to the competition watchdog

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Monday, 9 March, 2026
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Heating oil customers are being ripped off. 

Ed Miliband has taken no action since I first raised this with him last week. Meanwhile, families are having their existing orders rebooked in at twice the price and facing bills of hundreds of pounds just to keep their homes warm.

So with Kemi Badenoch, Victoria Atkins and over 50 Conservative MPs, I have written to the competition watchdog urging them to launch an urgent investigation to protect consumers and ensure there is proper competition in the market.

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