Insulation and low-carbon heating systems installed under the government’s underachieving Green Homes Grant are saving homeowners £3.9 million annually on their energy bills…
Continue ReadingEnergy Bills to Rise by £693 from April But Most Households Will Get £350 in Government Help
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Household energy bills will rise by 54% to an average of £1,971 per year from 1 April as Ofgem adjust the price cap…
Continue ReadingPoor Households Could Spend Half of Their Income on Energy, Charity Warns
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Soaring gas and electricity bills could eat up more than half of some households’ incomes, leaving some at risk of not eating and…
Continue ReadingEnergy Bills to Take up “Generationally High” Portion of Benefits, Citizens Advice Warns
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Consumer champion Citizens Advice is urging the government to provide a one-off grant to families this April to offset energy bills that will…
Continue Reading6m Households Could Struggle with Fuel Poverty after Price Hike
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A looming energy bill hike could increase fuel poverty to the highest level on record this spring unless the government intervenes to spread…
Continue ReadingTreasury Will Get £3.1bn Windfall from Rising Energy Prices
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The Treasury will collect an additional £3.1 billion in VAT due to the sharp rise in energy prices this year, a windfall the…
Continue ReadingGoogle Searches for “Can’t Pay Bills” Soar Amidst Energy Crisis
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Cold weather, spiralling natural gas prices, and the collapse of Bulb and two dozen other suppliers this autumn have left consumers concerned about…
Continue ReadingTreasury Rejects Calls to Cut VAT on Domestic Energy Bills
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The Chancellor’s Budget, to be unveiled Wednesday, will not cut the VAT on energy bills, despite calls from Labour and fuel poverty charities…
Continue ReadingFuel poverty charity, National Energy Action (NEA), has said that over one million additional UK households will not be able to afford their…
Continue ReadingAs expected, Ofgem has raised the energy price cap following a surge in wholesale gas and electricity prices.
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