Citizens Advice responds to Ofcom's enforcement programme into telecoms price rises
Matthew Upton, Director of Policy at Citizens Advice, said:
“Every day our advisers hear from people barely making ends meet as they battle soaring household bills.
“Ofcom should rightly ensure people know what prices they’re signing up to. But as we all pull together in this cost-of-living crisis, what we really need to see is telecoms firms cancelling mid-contract price rises altogether.
“Customers are already facing £2.5billion worth of price hikes across mobile and broadband next year. This underlines why the government and Ofcom need to protect us from further higher prices in the future.”
Earlier this year, Citizens Advice found millions of mobile and broadband customers face £2.5 billion price hikes in 2023.
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