GAS blast!

That's a Manchester-based energy watchdog which has accused British Gas of "greed."

Energywatch North West has slammed the company after a survey disclosed 2.7 million British Gas users are set to leave after its decision to increase prices by ten per cent.

The poll for Energywatch, the gas and electricity consumer watchdog, found 20 per cent of the 13.5 million British Gas customers were likely to switch to another supplier to escape the company's "punitive" price increases.