Record numbers switch electricity supplier amid wintry UK weather

About 660,000 households changed supplier in February with 1 in 5 avoiding big six suppliersA record number of households switched their electricity provider in February as wintry weather gripped the UK, sending home energy bills soaring.Trade body Energy UK said 660,000 people switched supplier last month, a new monthly record and 60% up on February 2017. The scale of switching means that so far this year the equivalent of everyone in a city the size of Birmingham has changed supplier, it said.