As wholesale gas prices rise in the UK, we would like to hear your best advice for saving energy at homeAs wholesale gas prices rise, millions of UK households are facing higher energy bills. With this in mind, we would like to hear your best advice fo…
Customers of collapsed UK energy suppliers to be moved to E.ON
Ofgem announcement comes as rising gas and electricity prices continue to cause turmoil in sectorMore than 230,000 customers from three collapsed energy suppliers will move to E.ON under plans agreed by the industry watchdog, as soaring wholesale gas a…
Gordon Brown warns 3.5m households face fuel poverty this winter
Former prime minister says 2021 ‘worst time to be poor’ as he calls for support for struggling householdsThe former prime minister Gordon Brown has demanded fresh government financial support for households struggling to pay energy bills as he warned a…
Energy firm Bulb under fire for monthly bill rises of up to 80%
Many customers are being forced to pay much higher direct debit payments, despite being hundreds of pounds in creditEnergy company Bulb has come under fire from its customers who say it is using them like a bank. It is forcing them to pay higher bills …
‘Desperate choices’ this winter as three more UK energy suppliers toppled by price surge
Citizens Advice says consumers moved to new supplier likely to pay extra £30 a month Households are facing “desperate choices” this winter, with energy bills rising by £30 a month for those who have had to switch supplier owing to a wave of energy comp…
Britain’s leaky homes make the energy crisis worse. Why have governments not fixed them? | Max Wakefield
Our housing stock needs better insulation and low-carbon heating, or we’ll continue to suffer these shocksOver the past few days the country has been thrown into panic, as soaring gas prices threaten to plunge hundreds of thousands more households into…
Shell Energy to take on 255,000 customers of collapsed Green
Users to retain outstanding credit on their balance and supply will not be interrupted Shell Energy will take on 255,000 customers from Green, one of seven small energy suppliers that have collapsed in a wave of failures that have forced the energy reg…
Gas firms may face windfall tax as energy crisis hits households
Another 800,000 households fall victim to energy crisis as Avro Energy and Green collapseAnother 800,000 households fell victim to the energy crisis on Wednesday with the collapse of two more suppliers, as ministers admitted they were considering a win…
‘40% of my salary goes on house costs’: how soaring energy bills hit one Briton
West Yorkshire worker says rises have cut his savings and he might need to leave the UK to start a family1.9m UK homes lose supplier after two more gas firms go bustJoshua Wheeler-Gaunt, 33, is one of a growing number of people worried about rising ene…
Britain faces a triple crunch – and the political cost for the Tories could be huge | Larry Elliott
The combined challenges of an economic slowdown, rising energy costs and the transition to net zero loom over this governmentLong before there was talk of an energy crisis, the government had been looking vulnerable. Economic growth is slowing and infl…