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Mother ‘shocked’ after energy company installs prepayment meter while she’s out
As the energy crisis bites – there’s been a surge in suppliers moving customers on to prepayment meters.
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Breakthrough in nuclear fusion could lead to ‘limitless clean energy’
The promise of near-limitless clean energy has been a Holy Grail for scientists for decades now.
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UK ‘nowhere near’ power cuts as energy prices rise, says National Grid
We’re joined by Jake Rigg, Corporate Affairs Director at the National Grid.
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Disabled children suffering as energy costs stop use of vital equipment
One group of people disproportionately affected by the cost of living crisis are those with a disability.
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Russia strikes on energy grid designed to “suppress Ukrainian spirit”, says Ukrainian MP
We spoke to the Ukrainian politician Dmytro Natalukha, himself in a location now plunged into darkness by attacks on the power grid.
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Cost of living crisis: Council opens warm spaces for people struggling with energy bills
In Wolverhampton, the council has opened 38 warm spaces across the city where people can come this winter to keep down their energy costs at home.
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Chancellor reverses tax cuts and energy help in Liz Truss’ mini-budget
The prime minister is not under a desk, declared Penny Mordaunt as she stood in for Liz Truss today in parliament – the mockery right on the edge of OK when the news is so grim. Earlier, in one of the greatest humiliations in British political history, the current Chancellor Jeremy Hunt had systematically reversed…
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Renewable energy companies to face ‘windfall tax’
When it comes to energy, the government also appears to have delivered another U-turn – this time on a windfall tax on renewable energy companies.
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Some of the most effective things you can do to save energy don’t cost anything, says energy charity
The government’s intervention on energy bills has been held up by Liz Truss as one of her key policies, but so far she’s been reluctant to follow the lead of other European countries and ask members of the public themselves to cut back on usage.
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UK energy security ‘remains very strong’, says former energy minister
We’re joined by Conservative MP Greg Hands, who was energy minister until Liz Truss became prime minister.
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UK could face planned energy blackouts, National Grid warns
It is a stark warning from National Grid. Britain might be on track for the first planned blackouts in decades.
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Keir Starmer pledges to create nationalised Great British Energy company
Amid promises from Sir Keir Starmer to put “country first, party second” came one clear policy announcement at the Labour party conference – the creation of a ‘Great British Energy’ company within the first year of a Labour government.
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FactCheck: Labour keeps repeating misleading claim on energy windfall tax
Rachel Reeves said windfall profits have been left “untaxed”.
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Inside a struggling manufacturer as Energy bills for businesses to be cut this winter
Energy bills for British businesses will be cut by around half this winter under a huge new government support package unveiled today.
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FactCheck: Labour’s Miliband not telling the whole story on energy windfall tax
He says Liz Truss “wants the British people to foot the entire bill for her energy package”.