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
Written by Lauren Smith in Government Policy Household & Bills
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
Written by Lauren Smith in Household & Bills
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
Written by Lauren Smith in Household & Bills
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
Written by Lauren Smith in Household & Bills
A looming energy bill hike could increase fuel poverty to the highest level on record this spring unless the government intervenes to spread…
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