How Labour could reduce the cost of motor insurance
Analysis: Emma Ann Hughes examines efforts by the industry to push down motor insurance premiums and whether politicians could force providers to take more extreme action.
With a general election looming, politicians have been door-knocking up and down the country, hearing consumers complain about the cost of car insurance.
Motor insurance premiums were 25% more
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