The UK's second biggest energy supplier SSE is to cut its standard gas tariff for domestic customers by 5.3%.

SSE is the second of the big six suppliers to announce price cuts this winter. Both companies are only cutting gas, not electricity prices. Last week E.On said it would cut gas prices by 5.1%. SSE said the move - which it is estimated will save a typical customer £32 a year - will take effect from the 29 March. But while E.On's customers will benefit from the price cut at the beginning of February, SSE's will have to wait until the end of March. It leaves the company open to criticism that its customers will not benefit during the winter season, the period when they use the most energy.....Read more here