Cost of living

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has welcomed Ofgem’s announcement that a further reduction in the energy price cap will take place for the last quarter of 2023 (1st October to 31st December).

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, is inviting his constituents to provide feedback on the topic of rural energy.

The Competition and Markets Authority has published the final report in its Road Fuels Market Study. It follows a campaign started by the MP for West Dorset, Chris Loder, last November to address the unfair pricing practices of commercial fuel providers in his constituency.

West Dorset’s MP Chris Loder has welcomed an update from the Competition and Market Authority’s Road Fuels Market Study. It follows months of lobbying by the local MP, which saw the Prime Minister confirm to an investigation into fuel pricing disparities.

West Dorset’s MP Chris Loder has once again escalated the issue of fuel pricing disparities that are unfairly charging motorists from West Dorset a premium to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at a one-to-one meeting on Wednesday 1st March: the third such intervention since his first Parliamentary q

West Dorset's local MP Chris Loder has welcomed the intervention of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Secretary Grant Shapps in his campaign for fairness on fuel pricing strategies which have left residents in towns like Bridport having to pay hefty premiums or travel many miles to

West Dorset MP Chris Loder has met with Daniel Cadisch and Rovarn Wickremasinghe from Bridport Citizens Advice on Friday 25th November, to discuss further ways of enhancing the service provided to local residents including support with the cost of living, or helping families looking after Ukraini

West Dorset MP Chris Loder has today urged local people to ‘think twice’ before getting fuel from Morrisons and other supermarkets because of the risk of being ‘ripped off’.

West Dorset MP Chris Loder has challenged the Government on the unfair situation faced by young people across rural Britain who have to pay for bus travel to their sixth form colleges, whilst this is not the case for many young people in urban areas.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed an urgent review into the current fuel market is to take place under the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) following the intervention in Prime Minister’s Questions by West Dorset MP Chris Loder about Morrison’s fuel price in Bridport.