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India has ‘massive energy needs’ and ‘little choice’ to buy from, says Indian High Commissioner to the UK
We spoke to India’s High Commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami.
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‘Ukraine has put up more wind turbines than UK in last year’, says former Tory energy minister
We spoke to former energy minister Chris Skidmore.
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‘Fresh energy and different types of experience’: Wes Streeting on Labour reshuffle
We spoke to shadow health secretary Wes Streeting.
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Energy price cap cut but many expected to pay higher bills this winter
The energy price cap has been cut, but despite that, many households across England, Scotland and Wales are expected to pay more for their gas and electricity this winter.
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Would new North Sea oil and gas make Britain more energy independent?
The government will grant hundreds of new licences to extract oil and gas from the North Sea, Rishi Sunak said on Monday. The initial decision was announced last year, but Mr Sunak reiterated the plan this week alongside “millions of pounds” for so-called “carbon capture and storage” technology — which the government says would help reduce…
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Energy bills fall as new price cap introduced
Some relief at last for 27 million households across the UK tonight, with slightly lower energy bills finally here. The regulator Ofgem, reduced the price cap, effective today.
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Ofgem drops energy price cap: how will it affect consumers?
Gas and electricity bills for the average household will go down to just over two thousand pounds a year after the energy regulator Ofgem dropped its price cap.
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FactCheck: SNP energy bills claim ‘doesn’t ring true’, says Ofgem
Stephen Flynn claimed that the average household energy bill in Scotland is currently around £3,500, but Ofgem said this figure “doesn’t ring true”. FactCheck takes a look.
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FactCheck: Ofgem cuts energy price cap so why are average bills rising?
Although the energy price cap will be cut by regulator Ofgem, average household bills are still set to rise by hundreds of pounds in April across England, Wales and Scotland. So what’s going on?
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Ofgem announces cut to energy price cap but average bills set to rise
The energy regulator Ofgem has announced a cut of nearly £1,000 a year in the cap on average energy bills. But despite the drop, average bills are still set up to go up this spring.
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Energy firms should use bumper profits to ‘write off unpaid bills’, Labour MP says
We spoke to Labour MP Darren Jones, who chairs the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee.
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Energy crisis: British Gas owner Centrica triples profits to £3.3bn
The energy giant Centrica, which owns British Gas, tripled its profits last year to more than £3 billion – despite the squeeze on consumers hit by soaring bills – with some vulnerable households forced onto prepayment metres.
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‘A day of obscenity’: Ed MIliband responds to energy companies breaking into struggling customers’ homes
“Today is a day, frankly, of obscenity.” Ed Miliband, Shadow Climate Change Secretary, speaks to @CathyNewman about the revelation energy companies have been breaking into struggling customers’ homes to fit prepayment meters.
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Businesses fear government cuts to energy bill support
Ministers have unveiled details of the new scheme to help businesses with their energy bills – but it offers a lot less overall support than before.
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Why is Germany turning back to coal for energy?
As climate activists in Germany occupy the village of Lützerath to protest the expansion of a coal mine, politicians and the public are posed a question by the dirtiest fossil fuel: is it OK to use more coal now, if it means you can more quickly decarbonise later?