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Martin Lewis has said that UK households will face "two big problems" following Ofgem's recommendation that firms should be required to offer at least one deal with lower standing charges.

This will give households more choice on how they pay flat-rate charges, the regulator has stated.

Tim Jarvis, director general of markets at Ofgem, said: “We’ve listened to thousands of consumers that wanted to see changes to the standing charge and taken action.

"We have carefully considered how we can offer more choice on how they pay these fixed costs, however we have taken care to ensure we don’t make some customers worse off. We cannot remove these charges, we can only move costs around.

"These changes would give households the choice they have asked for, but it’s important that eve

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