Energy bills
Energy bills fall but millions are still struggling. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?
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Energy bills fall but millions are still struggling. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?
Energy bills are still high even as Ofgem drops the price cap. Here's everything you need to know, including where to get help if you can't afford to pay
Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren't talking about
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Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren't talking about
What is Labour's Great British Energy plan – and will it really bring down bills and ease cost of living?
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What is Labour's Great British Energy plan – and will it really bring down bills and ease cost of living?
Energy bills are set to fall but UK families have already lost £72bn to 'staggering' prices
Energy bills are set to fall but UK families have already lost £72bn to 'staggering' prices
'A national scandal': Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say
'A national scandal': Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say
Millions face paying more in energy bills than height of cost of living crisis. Here's why
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Millions face paying more in energy bills than height of cost of living crisis. Here's why
Unsecured debt such as credit cards and loans at highest level in a decade, charity warns
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Unsecured debt such as credit cards and loans at highest level in a decade, charity warns
UK energy bills to fall – but millions still live in dangerously cold and damp homes
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UK energy bills to fall – but millions still live in dangerously cold and damp homes
Council house tenants fear eviction after energy bills skyrocket by 350%: 'It's completely unfair'
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Council house tenants fear eviction after energy bills skyrocket by 350%: 'It's completely unfair'
'An urgent wake-up call': Half of disabled people are struggling to pay their energy bills
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'An urgent wake-up call': Half of disabled people are struggling to pay their energy bills
21 million Brits are struggling to pay bills: 'People will go cold, hungry and lose their homes'
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21 million Brits are struggling to pay bills: 'People will go cold, hungry and lose their homes'
Insulating Britain's draughty homes would save billions on bills – but UK government is failing
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Insulating Britain's draughty homes would save billions on bills – but UK government is failing
Millions of Brits will be cut off from energy this winter because they can't afford bills
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Millions of Brits will be cut off from energy this winter because they can't afford bills
Kevin McCloud: 'We've got the coldest homes in Europe – and cash-strapped families pay the price'
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Kevin McCloud: 'We've got the coldest homes in Europe – and cash-strapped families pay the price'
Anger as energy firms allowed to resume force-fitting prepayment meters: 'Cruel and dangerous'
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Anger as energy firms allowed to resume force-fitting prepayment meters: 'Cruel and dangerous'
How to get £150 off energy bills this winter with the warm home discount scheme
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How to get £150 off energy bills this winter with the warm home discount scheme
Here's where to get help if you can't afford to pay your energy bills in the cost of living crisis
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Here's where to get help if you can't afford to pay your energy bills in the cost of living crisis
Neighbours band together to tackle energy bills and show how climate action starts at home
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Neighbours band together to tackle energy bills and show how climate action starts at home
Meet the Brits going without heating this winter as fuel poverty skyrockets: 'I'm terrified'
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Meet the Brits going without heating this winter as fuel poverty skyrockets: 'I'm terrified'
Disabled nurse 'feels guilty being alive' as her family struggles with devastating cost of living
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Disabled nurse 'feels guilty being alive' as her family struggles with devastating cost of living
How can I make money? Quick and easy ways to make extra cash online and offline
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How can I make money? Quick and easy ways to make extra cash online and offline
Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it's genius
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Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it's genius
Households could be paid to turn down their heating amid surging energy bills
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Households could be paid to turn down their heating amid surging energy bills
UK government's offshore wind farm auction was a 'disaster'. It could cost bill payers £2 billion
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UK government's offshore wind farm auction was a 'disaster'. It could cost bill payers £2 billion
'Good riddance, Grant Shapps': New energy secretary Claire Coutinho urged to tackle climate crisis
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