ENERGY Secretary Ed Davey claimed he was winning the war to cut high energy bills, with some “fantastic deals” now available.

Labour gained popularity when it pledged a 20-month price freeze, but the Energy Secretary accused Ed Miliband of doing “sweet FA” about the issue when he was in the same post.

And he released figures suggesting no fewer than ten suppliers were now offering a dual gas and electricity fixed deal for under £1,000, in some areas.

Mr Davey said: “Energy bills have been coming down. If you go to fixed deals – one year, two years, sometimes longer - you’ve been able to make some fantastic deals.

“My prediction is that, by next October, the Big Six will have to cut their prices. It won’t be a price freeze, it will be price cuts - because of the competition we’ve introduced.”

If they failed to act, the new, tough Competition and Markets Authority – with a report due in December - “will have something to say about it”.

Mr Davey said independent firms now made up 10.5 per cent of the market, up from under one per cent back in 2010, saying: “It’s been a dramatic shift – and it’s continuing.”

And he argued Ed Miliband’s plan was now a ‘get out of jail free’ card for the energy firms, because they would only have to freeze bills.

Mr Davey said: “Prices are already falling and they’re going to fall a lot more – why does he want to come to the rescue of the big energy companies?”