Fuel poverty

'Simply inhumane': Charities slam switch to quarterly energy price cap with bills set to hit £4,000
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Energy crisis

'Simply inhumane': Charities slam switch to quarterly energy price cap with bills set to hit £4,000

BP profits soar to £6.9bn as families are left unable to afford energy bills
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Cost of living crisis

BP profits soar to £6.9bn as families are left unable to afford energy bills

Exclusive: Energy firms are forcing thousands of customers onto prepayment meters as bills soar
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Cost of living crisis

Exclusive: Energy firms are forcing thousands of customers onto prepayment meters as bills soar

Record numbers of people are seeking help because they can't pay their energy bills
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Cost of living crisis

Record numbers of people are seeking help because they can't pay their energy bills

How to keep cooking and hot water costs down if the energy crisis has increased your bill
Gas hob
Cost of living crisis

How to keep cooking and hot water costs down if the energy crisis has increased your bill

Energy companies tried to scrap requirement to help customers struggling to pay bills
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Energy crisis

Energy companies tried to scrap requirement to help customers struggling to pay bills

A house fire was caused by a man ‘burning timber to save on energy bills’
fire in New Malden caused by fire to save on energy bills
Cost of living crisis

A house fire was caused by a man ‘burning timber to save on energy bills’

Energy bosses warn cost of living crisis will get 'truly horrific' when bills rise again in October
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Energy crisis

Energy bosses warn cost of living crisis will get 'truly horrific' when bills rise again in October

Energy bosses admit more customers are struggling with debt amid spiralling costs
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Energy crisis

Energy bosses admit more customers are struggling with debt amid spiralling costs

Why you should submit a meter reading today
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cost of living

Why you should submit a meter reading today

Energy crisis will leave low-income families spending £1 in every £5 on fuel bills, report finds
cost of living
Energy crisis

Energy crisis will leave low-income families spending £1 in every £5 on fuel bills, report finds

Energy bills could hit £3,000 a year after Ukraine invasion, government warned
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Fuel poverty

Energy bills could hit £3,000 a year after Ukraine invasion, government warned

Six million poorly insulated homes to face £320 ‘surcharge’ from April
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Cost of living crisis

Six million poorly insulated homes to face £320 ‘surcharge’ from April

The UK's 'Big Six' energy companies made over £3billion in profit in 2020
Cost of living crisis

The UK's 'Big Six' energy companies made over £3billion in profit in 2020

Rishi Sunak reveals £150 council tax rebate as energy price cap rises by 54%
energy price cap
cost of living crisis

Rishi Sunak reveals £150 council tax rebate as energy price cap rises by 54%

Boris Johnson rejects calls for VAT cut to ease energy crisis - but emergency fund could be on way
energy crisis
Energy crisis

Boris Johnson rejects calls for VAT cut to ease energy crisis - but emergency fund could be on way

Families could be spending £550 extra on energy bills next year
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energy crisis

Families could be spending £550 extra on energy bills next year

Here’s why everything is going to be so expensive this winter
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Politics

Here’s why everything is going to be so expensive this winter

Private renters fear landlords won’t claim grant to upgrade boilers and cut energy costs
Friends of the Earth said £5,000 grants to upgrade boilers will “only incentivise the best-off households”. 
Environment

Private renters fear landlords won’t claim grant to upgrade boilers and cut energy costs

Net zero: Thousands of northern households could be left out in the cold
Environment

Net zero: Thousands of northern households could be left out in the cold