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scathing criticism by the energy watchdog the companies are accused | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
of raising prices more quickly than they cut them. There is clear | :00:16. | :00:23. | |
evidence that profits have risen and prices have risen and competition | :00:24. | :00:28. | |
has not worked as well as it should. The companies are warning that the | :00:29. | :00:30. | |
two-year investigation could lead to low investment and blackouts. Also | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
tonight: Alarming and unacceptable weaknesses, the official verdict on | :00:34. | :00:36. | |
the way the police in England and Wales handle domestic violence. How | :00:37. | :00:41. | |
fat has become the new normal and most people don't realise they are | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
overweight. A design for life, scientists create the most complex | :00:47. | :00:48. | |
manmade DNA yet which could revolutionise medicine. Everybody | :00:49. | :00:59. | |
take a look at me, I have got credibility. And why the Education | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
Secretary Michael Gove started rapping '80s style. | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
On BBC London: Britain's top cop calls for a change in the law to | :01:10. | :01:12. | |
help make the Met more diverse. And confirmation that Crossrail will be | :01:13. | :01:14. | |
extended west to Reading by 2019. Good evening and welcome to the BBC | :01:15. | :01:38. | |
News at Six. The UK's major energy companies are to face a full-scale | :01:39. | :01:40. | |
investigation into whether customers are getting a fair deal. They have | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
been referred to the Competition and Markets Authority by the energy | :01:46. | :01:47. | |
watchdog Ofgem following public criticism and political pressure | :01:48. | :01:53. | |
over soaring bills. The watchdog revealed the retail profits from the | :01:54. | :01:56. | |
big firms for supplying gas and electricity have quadrupled, going | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
up from ?233 million in 2009 to more than ?1 billion in 2012. But | :02:00. | :02:07. | |
companies argue that a lengthy inquiry will delay investment and | :02:08. | :02:10. | |
could lead to blackouts. Our business correspondent John Moylan | :02:11. | :02:19. | |
reports. Soaring energy prices last autumn | :02:20. | :02:23. | |
led to a fierce political row. It dominated the headlines and left to | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
trust in the big suppliers at an all-time low. Now the regulator | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
wants to clear the air by lodging a full competition inquiry. There is | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
evidence that profits have risen and prices have risen and competition | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
has not worked as well as it should. On that basis it is vital to build | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
trust in consumers, to persuade them the price they are going to pay for | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
their energy is fair. A full investigation that clears the air, | :02:53. | :02:55. | |
that looks at all areas of the sector, it is the best way to | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
restore trust. The move follows a review of the market that found that | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
levels of switching are down in recent years with customers failing | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
to look for a better deal. Evidence of tacit coordination in the timing | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
and sizing of prices and the fact customers face higher prices than | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
those who shop around. Richard Jackson thinks it is time the | :03:21. | :03:26. | |
industry got back on track, despite switching energy supplier he is | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
still not convinced he is getting the best deal. I personally feel | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
very annoyed and confused when I am looking through the tariffs and I do | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
not feel I should have to switch every six months or a year in order | :03:39. | :03:46. | |
to find I am on a decent deal. This investigation could lead to a | :03:47. | :03:50. | |
fundamental shake-up in the UK's energy industry because 15 years | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
after the market was fully opened up the competition, 95% of households | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
still get their energy from six big suppliers and those same sex firms | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
account for 70% of all the electricity generated in Britain. | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
Labour wants to freeze prices and reform the market, but today the | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
Government insisted a full investigation was the best option. | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
This is not a quick fix, but is the right way to restore people's trust | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
that the energy market is working for their benefit. It is the right | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
way to create long-term certainty for investment. Instead of defending | :04:27. | :04:32. | |
the big six, why doesn't he just enforce a price freeze right now? | :04:33. | :04:40. | |
But Britain needs billions to be invested in new power plants to keep | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
the lights on. The boss of the biggest supplier of years this probe | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
could put that investment on hold. If we do not get new power stations | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
built, there is a risk at certain times of the year or at certain | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
hours we will have to have some form of demand constraint and that is bad | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
news for customers. This investigation is a landmark moment | :05:06. | :05:08. | |
that could change our energy landscape for ever. With me now is | :05:09. | :05:11. | |
our political editor Nick Robinson. Politicians from all sides are | :05:12. | :05:14. | |
talking a lot about the need to reduce energy costs, welcoming this | :05:15. | :05:17. | |
investigation, but can they make any difference in actually getting | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
prices down? They can, but not quickly. This will not be a quick | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
fix. It does not mean days, weeks or months, he means years. This is not | :05:30. | :05:36. | |
an investigation into prices, it is potentially restructuring major | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
industries and major shareholding stakes and huge numbers of jobs as | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
well. In the meantime the Government says we can do other things, we can | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
increase competition, we can cut some green taxes. Labour says none | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
of that is good enough, you need a price freeze imposed on all of the | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
companies. That is the only way that the pain will be reduced in the | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
short and medium-term. What is interesting is sometimes people | :06:07. | :06:09. | |
think none of their complaints make any difference. What has happened | :06:10. | :06:19. | |
here is consumer pressure has affected politicians, the regulator | :06:20. | :06:21. | |
and the companies. It may take time, but it is beginning to change. Three | :06:22. | :06:24. | |
women are killed every fortnight by their current or ex-partner, but | :06:25. | :06:27. | |
thousands of victims are being failed by police forces across | :06:28. | :06:30. | |
England and Wales according to a new report. The HM Inspectorate of | :06:31. | :06:32. | |
Constabulary strongly criticised the response from police forces saying | :06:33. | :06:34. | |
they reveal "alarming and unacceptable weaknesses". The Home | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
Secretary Theresa May says she will personally chair a new monitoring | :06:39. | :06:41. | |
group to make sure every police force changes the way it handles | :06:42. | :06:44. | |
domestic violence. Our home affairs correspondent June Kelly has more. | :06:45. | :06:58. | |
One police force's Internet campaign against domestic violence. They are | :06:59. | :07:08. | |
actors, but the 999 call is real. What is going on? How many children | :07:09. | :07:15. | |
have you got? Four years eve of Thomas was beaten by her husband. | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
The abuse culminated in him setting her on fire. She describes how on | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
one occasion she waited in vain for the police to arrive. I have been in | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
a situation before I escaped where I have phoned 999 and the police | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
response has been terrible. You fear for your life. Every single second | :07:38. | :07:43. | |
counts. Every fortnight in England and Wales three women are killed by | :07:44. | :07:48. | |
their current or ex-partner. Men are also victims of domestic violence. | :07:49. | :08:08. | |
It is as serious as any other violent crime, if not, more | :08:09. | :08:12. | |
serious, because the attacker is the key to the front door. Among the | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
issues highlighted are a lack of leadership, and alarming weaknesses | :08:19. | :08:23. | |
when it comes to basics like collecting evidence and some victims | :08:24. | :08:28. | |
who do not feel they are believed. Please targeted football fans with | :08:29. | :08:33. | |
their domestic violence campaigns. There is often an increase in | :08:34. | :08:37. | |
attacks after games. This poster is used by the greater Manchester | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
force, one of those heavily criticised for not getting their | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
response right on the ground. We need at a better system to get | :08:48. | :08:50. | |
people in front of the courts without requiring a victim to make a | :08:51. | :08:55. | |
complaint and which would allow a range of professionals to get | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
evidence into that system. Please leaders maintain the focus should be | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
on other parts of the criminal justice system, not just on the part | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
of the police. Being overweight is increasingly being seen as the new | :09:09. | :09:11. | |
normal according to the Chief Medical Officer for England. | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
Professor Dame Sally Davies says a sugar tax may ultimately be | :09:15. | :09:16. | |
necessary to try to combat growing obesity. She says too many people | :09:17. | :09:19. | |
are unaware they need to lose weight, or that their children are | :09:20. | :09:22. | |
heavier than they should be. Our health correspondent Dominic Hughes | :09:23. | :09:30. | |
reports. Burning off some excess energy at a | :09:31. | :09:34. | |
sports centre in Wigan. Many of these children have been identified | :09:35. | 0:02:39 |