Tag: Fuel poverty
7 months ago
nationalworld.com

How to save energy at home: 10 ways of using less gas and electricity as energy bills ‘to rise’ t...

While the new Ofgem energy price cap will lower gas and electricity prices, bills will rise year-on-year in real-term...

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9 months ago
inews.co.uk

Green levies should be funded through taxes, campaigners say as they return to household bills

A two-year suspension of the levies, which are worth around £170 a year, was announced last autumn by the Liz Truss g...

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9 months ago
inews.co.uk

Forced installation of prepay meters made easier after warrants deemed 'boring' for magistrates

Court officials discussed proposals to 'streamline' the process used by energy firms and their agents to force their ...

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10 months ago
inews.co.uk

Calls to halt forced-fitting prepayment meters in Europe as UK looks to restart court warrants

More than 50 million people across the continent are struggling to pay their energy bills as a new manifesto by a coa...

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about 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Energy crisis UK: 18 areas with most fuel poverty ‘hotspots’ - with families forking out 20% of i...

These 18 councils across England and Wales are being worst affected by the energy crisis, according to new research b...

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about 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Energy crisis: 1.1m families face extreme fuel poverty in England and Wales with West Midlands wo...

At least 5 million households - or one in every five - are in fuel poverty in England and Wales, according to Friends...

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about 1 year ago
inews.co.uk

Energy firms force-fitted 92,000 prepay meters, a 41% increase, as bills rocketed last year

A four-month investigation by i revealed how courts were granting hundreds of the warrants to firms’ debt agents in a...

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about 1 year ago
inews.co.uk

Ban on forced installation of prepayment meters to be extended indefinitely

The code will be legally enforceable and will also cover the remote switching of smart meters to prepayment, i unders...

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about 1 year ago
inews.co.uk

UK now has nearly 13,000 'warm banks' as growing number of people struggle to heat homes

Figure revealed in Labour analysis and Freedom of Information requests is at least three times more than previous est...

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about 1 year ago
inews.co.uk

MPs call for Centrica to use 'obscene' profits to compensate prepayment meter victims

British Gas's parent company has reported record profits of £3.3bn after energy firms were told by Ofgem to halt the ...

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about 1 year ago
inews.co.uk

Prepayment meters must be removed as compensation is not enough, Shapps told

The Business Secretary said he was 'appalled' to hear that vulnerable customers struggling with their bills have had ...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Inside the 'disgusting' mouldy home family tried to leave before death of son, 2

Awaab Ishak died days after his second birthday. He had lived at the flat on the Freehold estate in Rochdale all his ...

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Asda launches £1 meal deal with unlimited hot drinks in its cafes

The deal will be available in cafes throughout November and December

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over 1 year ago
londonworld.com

Cost of living crisis: Energy bills to almost triple for average family

“More inaction will see countless more Londoners plunged into fuel poverty, food insecurity and rent arrears.”

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Energy price cap 2023: how high could electricity and gas bills rise in January?

Consultancy firm Cornwall Insight has predicted the energy price cap will rise sharply in 2023

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Energy price cap per kwh 2022: how much you will pay for energy bills this October?

Ofgem has announced that the energy price cap for UK households will rise by 80%

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

British Gas’ 10% profit rebate called ‘tokenistic philanthropy’

The £12m pledged by British Gas represents around 1% of the profits recorded in six months by the firm’s parent company

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Fuel Poverty: EDF predict half of UK households will face fuel poverty this winter

According to the government’s latest estimate around 13% of households in England are living in fuel poverty

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over 1 year ago
inews.co.uk

Doctors condemn idea of writing prescriptions for money off energy bills

Proposal from Treasury would mean people could consult their GP for an assessment on whether they are struggling enou...

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Warning 45 million people in UK to be plunged into fuel poverty this winter

Two-thirds of all households will be plunged into financial difficulty by January due to soaring inflation

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over 1 year ago
inews.co.uk

Third of Scottish households will be in 'extreme fuel poverty' by October, estimates suggest

700,000 households could be hit as Nicola Sturgeon warns cost of living crisis will result in lives being lost unless...

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over 1 year ago
inews.co.uk

40,000 households in constituencies of leadership candidates plunged into fuel poverty

The candidates have been urged to set out their plan for 'tackling the crisis of unaffordable energy bills'

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almost 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Energy price rises could lead to 'catastrophic loss of life' in winter, MSPs told

Frazer Scott, of fuel poverty charity Energy Action Scotland, warned that the next big surge in prices expected in Oc...

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almost 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Angry couple's 300 yard walk into town now 11-mile round trip due to roadworks

Drew Pearce and partner Katie Wilcox are among the residents on the edge of Pocklington, East Yorkshire, who have bee...

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almost 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Petrol stations closed across huge swathes of UK as eco-protestors block oil tankers

Warwickshire Police have made 29 arrests this weekend as Just Stop Oil activists have dug an underground tunnel benea...

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about 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

UK's first zero-energy homes being built - with no gas or electricity bills

The two-storey factory-built homes will be build on production lines in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. Once complete...

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about 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Drivers warned 'storm clouds are gathering' with petrol and diesel prices to rise

Simon Williams, RAC fuel spokesperson, said oil is being traded at the highest price for seven years and wholesale fu...

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about 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Households face £1,000 cost of living hit as energy bills and tax hikes bite

With interest rates going up too, analysis by i suggests the average family will face additional costs of £1,096 a ye...

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about 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Poorest households face financial ‘catastrophe’ when cost of living crisis bites in April

MPs are told Government needs to find £2.5bn to support lowest-income households as energy costs set to soar

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about 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Cost of living to bite hardest in spring with extra 1m households with children in fuel poverty

The Charity National Energy Action says it estimates that an extra 500,000 households with children have been unable ...

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about 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Martin Lewis launches £100,000 helpline to support people who cannot pay energy bills

It follows his warning last week that households could expect to take a "seismic" hit to their bills, warning bills w...

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about 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Millions more set to qualify for Warm Home Discount - with £140 limit rising too

At present, 2.2million households qualify for the Warm Home Discount, which gives a £140 discount on energy bills bet...

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about 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

How much a VAT cut on energy would knock off your gas and electricity bill

According to some predictions, gas and electricity bills could rise by more than 50 per cent for those on a standard ...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Get paid to trade in your diesel car and £5,000 to swap your gas boiler for a heat pump

In the race for net zero, manufacturers are offering drivers thousands of pounds when they switch petrol and diesel v...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

New £5,000 boiler grants explained under plans to ban gas in homes by 2035

A heat pump can set households back up to £14,000, but under new plans, the public will be incentivised with grants t...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Brits to be paid £7k to ditch old boilers under Clean Heats Grant - how it'll work

Hydrogen boilers are one of the possible replacements for gas boilers, with others including ground source or air sou...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Gas boiler ban to be pushed back to 2040 amid backlash over £14,000 heat pumps

The shift would give more time for new heat-pumps and hydrogen boilers to come down in price, and for businesses to p...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Half price heat pumps and '£4,000 grants' coming under plans to ban them by 2025

At the moment heat pumps can set Brits back on average £10,000, but by making more of them in Britain, firms are conf...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Gas boilers to 'be banned from 2025' – what it means for your home explained

When gas is produced, it releases carbon emissions into the environment, which in turn contributes to the world's ove...

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