The prime minister, writing in the Sun, suggests this could save about 17 million customers up to £100 a year. But Labour, which promised to freeze energy bills in its 2015 manifesto, has called Mrs May's plan "desperate stuff", lacking any "proper detail".
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn formally launches his party's election campaign later, insisting the 8 June election "isn't about Brexit itself", as the issue "has been settled". He's promising action on jobs and tackling tax cheats, as part of life after the UK leaves the EU. Theresa May has said voting for the Conservatives will strengthen her in negotiations with the EU. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats say a fall in the value of the pound since Brexit has put 5p on a litre of petrol.
The US broadcaster Fox News has been beset by claims of sexual harassment and mismanagement. And now one of the women who claims she was harassed says 21st Century Fox's £11.7bn takeover bid for Sky shouldn't go ahead. Dr Wendy Walsh argues it would bring the wrong "culture" to UK broadcasting, but 21st Century Fox insists it's made fundamental changes following the allegations regarding Fox News.
Once we are out of the EU, controlling those numbers will in theory be easier. It will be the UK that decides how many people can come from around Europe, as they currently do with the rest of the world.
Some of the newspapers lead on Theresa May's promise to cap energy bills, the Times saying she faces a "backlash" from the industry and the Daily Mail saying it would reduce the tariff paid by 70% of families. The i says Emmanuel Macron's win in the French presidential election means the UK's border with France could move from Calais. And the Sun reports comments by Michael Sandford, the British man jailed for trying to assassinate Donald Trump in the run-up to the US election.
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