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"These are big challenges. Consumers are already enduring high energy prices," said Ofgem chief executive Alistair Buchanan.
A couple from Bristol who scammed almost £50,000 in benefits have been given 77 years to pay the money back.
Brian Payne and Carol Cripwell were also spared immediate jail sentences because of the "catastrophic effect" it would have on their six children.
Miss Brunner said the couple supported six children at home and the benefits they received went on household bills and food.
She told the court their youngest child had medical needs and they had been striving to support the others.
Miss Cripwell has 9 children of her own ranging from 1-21, unless these were virgin births she's been scamming for more than 7 years. As for the statement that the children need her to look after them that's a laugh, she never has, they are out of control and the younger ones would probably benefit from being in care. These kids are the scammers of the future.

This file, marked "confidential", describes development of an EU-funded intelligence gathering system ("INDECT work package 4") designed to comb webblogs, chat sites, news reports, and social-networking sites to in order to build up automatic dossiers on individuals, organizations and their relationships.
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Homer Simpson is known for munching doughnuts and swigging beer, but the Department of Health has decided that his family’s lifestyle is healthy enough to enlist them in an anti-obesity campaign.
The government is to sponsor episodes of the cartoon serial about the dysfunctional family for three months in an attempt to improve the nation’s diet and increase exercise levels.
Officials hope that families slumped in front of the Channel 4 programme will see a reflection of themselves in The Simpsons and realise they should probably be taking more care of their health.
Gillian Merron, the public health minister, said: “The Simpsons are a much-loved, close-knit family facing some of the everyday challenges that modern-day families go through. They provide a popular and engaging way to get the message to real-life families about simple ways of improving their diet and activity for a healthier lifestyle.”
The health department acknowledges that the Simpsons’ lifestyle is not entirely healthy and this is reflected in the slogan for the £640,000 advertising campaign: “Supporting The Simpsons: Sometimes.”
A spokeswoman added: “The beer-drinking and doughnut-eating is clearly not what we would want.”