Energy bills

Average annual energy bill to rise to £1,738 in Great Britain from January

An average annual energy bill in England, Scotland and Wales will rise by 1.2% to £1,738 from January, heaping further pressure on household finances.The energy regulator Ofgem said its...

UK energy suppliers to spend £500m to cushion pain of rising bills

Energy suppliers will spend £500m helping customers with their energy bills this winter, after the government helped broker...

E.ON must pay £14.5m to prepayment customers after billing failures

The energy regulator has ordered power supplier E.ON Next to pay £14.5m in compensation to nearly 250,000 prepayment...

UK ‘risks repeat of surging energy bills’ amid continued reliance on gas

Britain is at risk of experiencing a repeat of the sharp increase in energy costs which has fuelled...

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...

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...

Keir Starmer warns of tough times ahead to fix ‘Tory ruins’

British people will have to endure even worse economic and social ­pressures in the months to come as the Labour government takes “unpopular decisions”...