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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...
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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...
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Vodafone-Three merger: tens of millions could face higher bills, says UK watchdog
A proposed merger between the telecoms companies Vodafone and Three in the UK could lead to higher mobile...
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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...
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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...
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...
Thames Water says without steep bill increase it’s ‘neither financeable nor investible’
Thames Water has said it will be unable to recover from its funding crisis if it is blocked from charging customers significantly more, as...
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...
UK water companies to warn bill cap will drive away investors for overhaul
Water companies will struggle to raise the billions of pounds needed to clear Britain’s waterways and fix its creaking infrastructure under the regulator’s plan...
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...