Further energy price rises on the way driven by cost of gas
As energy use is falling a nationwide split is emerging in how households have responded to rising energy costs.
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COBRA meeting called as heatwaves continue to cause deaths
Keeping a home at a safe temperature should be affordable for everyone, not a luxury for those who can pay.
Report finds health service paying the price of broken energy market
New research sets out why cutting energy costs and improving homes is one of the best returns on investment available to government.
More than 100,000 older households in energy debt
Figures published in the Express reveal 80,832 single pensioner households and 29,219 pensioner couple households are in arrears to their energy firm.
Energy Debt Relief Scheme moves forward
New powers will allow energy firms to target the Scheme at those who also receive the Warm Homes Discount.
BP banks £4.2bn as it prepares to quit the North Sea
The price shock profiteers are cashing in on the Iran war while millions cannot afford to heat their homes
More North Sea drilling will not knock a penny off household bills
A growing number of senior politicians suggest more North Sea oil and gas would ease the squeeze on households, but the claim does not stand up to the reality of how energy markets work.
Shell and Drax post more energy industry profits
Shell earns more profit in a minute than most people earn in a year according to its latest results
Gas storage turns a profit as Britain’s reserves could be hit
Centrica declines to refill the Rough storage facility and appears to rule out extending the site, raising fresh questions over who carries the risk when supplies run short.
UK energy profits boost Spanish and Norwegian firms
Iberdrola banks £909 million from British networks while gas giant Equinor posts £8.58 as households face rising bills.