Martin Lewis apologises to staff for ‘losing rag’
Martin Lewis has issued an apology to Ofgem staff for his behaviour during an background briefing after he accused them of “selling consumers down the river”.
The Moneysavingexpert founder apologised on his own Twitter account after the meeting ‘blew up’ when Ofgem gave details of their proposed changes, which Mr Lewis claimed ignored calls to help members of the public and would kill competition in the energy market.
The 50-year-old accused Ofgem of “selling consumers down the river” and said he hit his breaking point when, rather than listening to calls to scrap its proposed market stabilisation charges, Ofgem announced it was effectively making it harder to stop firms undercutting the price cap.
He wrote: “I’d like to formally apologise to the Ofgem staff for losing my rag in a background briefing just now and saying its changes are a ‘f***ing disgrace that sells consumers down the river’.
“I should've behaved better. My ire's institutional, not individual. It was inappropriate.”
He added: “I lost it when getting a briefing about today's proposals, where it feels like at every turn, in these desperate times where lives are at risk, it has ignored all asks for consumers and instead kowtowed to the industry (I hope history proves me wrong).
“My breaking point was when hearing how instead of listening to calls to scrap its proposed market stabilisationcharge,itwasmaking it harsher to really 'stop the harmful effects of competition',iestaggeringlyitsaim's to effectively STOP firms undercuttingthepricecap.”