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Energy adverts are labelled misleading

Some energy adverts promising large discounts and free energy leave consumers duped or out of pocket.

Which? said one advert for Southern Electric (SSE) claiming to make customers up to £100 richer could have actually cost £133. And an E.ON advert offering free energy for two months saved people just £4.

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