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UK’s smart meter targets leaving energy users short-changed, says Martin Lewis
Energy customers are being short-changed by “perverse” government targets to install electronic smart meters in homes across the UK, according to the consumer campaigner Martin Lewis.Lewis, the founder and...
Benefits
Winter fuel: 780,000 UK pensioners entitled to payment will lose it
About 780,000 pensioners who need the winter fuel payment will lose out on it when Labour begins means-testing...
Benefits
Sunak ‘should apologise for £22bn black hole’, says Starmer during PMQs – video
Keir Starmer said Rishi Sunak should apologise for the '£22bn black hole' in government finances, after Sunak asked...
Benefits
Ministers facing pressure from unions over winter fuel payment cut
The government is facing renewed pressure from unions to change course over its decision to strip the winter...
Energy bills
‘Iron chancellor’ Rachel Reeves faces an early challenge to her authority over winter fuel payments | Andrew Rawnsley
I hope he enjoyed it while it lasted. From being promisingly positive when he moved into Number 10, Sir...
There’s no need to cut poorer pensioners’ income. Smarter winter fuel solutions are at hand | Steve Webb
The new government’s honeymoon period with the voters ended at 3.33pm on Monday 29 July. This was when the chancellor stood up to announce...
Labour ministers reveal grave concerns about winter fuel payment cut
Cabinet ministers have grave concerns about Rachel Reeves’s plan to axe the winter fuel allowance for all but the poorest pensioners, the Guardian can...
Support planned for UK households struggling with winter energy bills
Ministers have committed to help households struggling with their gas and electricity bills this winter after energy industry bosses warned that consumer debt had...
I can’t even afford to charge my wheelchair. So how are people like me expected to afford the energy price rise? | Thirugnanam Sureshan
I had hope for this government. That has all gone now. I expected better, but with the rise in energy bills by 10% it...
Ministers urged to step in to save UK firms struggling with high energy costs
Ministers have been urged to intervene to prevent businesses struggling with gas and electricity costs from going bust, as bills are forecast to be...
Can you apply for pension credit? It’s key to help with rising energy costs
Energy prices are set to rise after the regulator announced the new price cap on Friday. From October, the annual gas and electricity bill...