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Pensioners protest outside Downing Street against hike in energy bills
Pensioners protest rise in energy prices outside Downing Street

MORE than 100 pensioners, trade unionists, disabled people and trades council representatives gathered outside Downing Street today to protest against the hike in energy bills.

The protesters chanted “nationalisation not privatisation.”

Fuel bills are expected to rise typically by £693 a year from April as energy regulator Ofgem raises the price cap.

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