David Cameron's energy team unable to explain price pledge

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Ed Davey and John Hayes fail to clarify energy bill plan

Confusion over David Cameron's commitment to forcing energy companies to place customers on their lowest tariffs deepened on Thursday, with neither the energy secretary nor the energy minister able to...

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