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Energy crisis latest - ‘free for all’ energy market not working, says GMB, as two more firms go bust
Starmer urges government to ‘come out of hiding’ to support crisis-hit industry

BRITAIN’S “free-for-all” energy market is not working, union GMB has warned after two more firms went bust.

Pure Planet and Colorado Energy’s collapse on Wednesday — the latest victims of soaring wholesale gas prices — is set to hit 250,000 customers.

Nearly two million people have now lost their energy supplier in recent weeks during the crisis, largely prompted by increased demand during the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. 

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