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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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”...