Search results for ‘fuel poverty’
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Cuadrilla scales back on drilling ahead of protests
Energy company Cuadrilla suspends its exploratory oil drilling operation in Balcombe, West Sussex, as 1000 campaigners prepare to descend on the village. But some locals get antsy at the “rent-a-mob”.
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MPs urge transparency over energy firms’ profits
Public trust in the gas and electricity market is being undermined by a lack of transparency about companies’ profits, MPs are warning.
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EDF sues activists for £5m – an attack on peaceful protest?
A group of activists plead guilty to aggravated trespass for a protest at an EDF power plant, but now face a civil claim of up to £5m in damages – something they say is an attack on peaceful protests.
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‘Green Deal’ helps homes stay warm for less
A flagship government scheme aimed at making homes more energy efficient goes live today amid claims that hundreds more households than thought have signed up for assessments.
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How ‘collective switching’ could reduce energy bills
Consumers are being offered a chance to save money on their energy bills by joining forces with their neighbours as part of a growing trend.
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EDF announces biggest winter energy price hike
EDF becomes the latest power company to raise its energy prices, by a bigger margin than its competitors British Gas, Scottish and Southern Energy, Scottish Power and npower.
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Fewer people in debt to energy companies
The numbers owing money to gas and electricity firms falls, but total debt increases as bills rise.
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EDF 5 per cent gas price cut ‘overdue’
Consumer groups welcome energy supplier EDF’s decision to cut gas prices by 5 per cent – but should it have been more? An EDF executive defends the decision to Channel 4 News.
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Thousands of solar projects axed as government cuts tariffs
Thousands of housing associations abandon plans to provide solar panels for their residents after the government halves the cashback payments, making the scheme too expensive to maintain.
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Energy firms’ profits soar
As energy companies are set to make £125 profit per customer each year, up from £15 in June, Ofgem introduces a simplified tariff allowing like for like comparison.
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Energy bills set to soar with E.ON price hike
E.ON customers are set to see their electricity bills rise by 11.4 per cent and gas by 18.1 per cent as the company becomes the latest energy giant to hike the price of household utilities.
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Poor hit hardest by 4.5 per cent inflation rate
Official figures reveal that May’s inflation rate remains at a two and half year high, as research shows that the poorest have been worst hit by rising food and drink costs.
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Scottish Power leads way with big energy price rise
Britain’s hard-pressed householders face a new blow, as the big power companies prepare a round of double-digit price rises. Faisal Islam says it will push up inflation and pressure interest rates.
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PledgeCheck: the Coalition cuts to their election pledges
FactCheck looks at a few of the pledges the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have dropped in the name of coalition and cost cutting.
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Has child neglect been ‘normalised’ in the UK?
The UK’s leading children’s charity is warning that child neglect could become a national crisis, fuelled by the cost of living crisis and cuts in support services.
