Energy bills

When are you putting the heating on?
Your views

When are you putting the heating on?

Energy bills are set to rise by 2% on 1 October with the typical household seeing an increase of £35 a year. Just ahead of the rise, we hit the streets to ask when people are switching on their central heating this year

Energy bill rise made me feel sick. I’d like Keir Starmer to try living in my bungalow when it’s cold
Energy bills

Energy bill rise made me feel sick. I’d like Keir Starmer to try living in my bungalow when it’s cold

The energy price cap is rising by 2% – or around £35 a year for a typical household. Pensioner Yvonne Bailey is worried about her bills

Energy bills are rising this October. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising this October. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

Energy bills are are set to rise with Ofgem’s new energy price cap. Here’s everything you need to know, including where to get help if you can’t afford to pay

Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: ‘We have to keep going’
fuel poverty

Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: ‘We have to keep going’

Energy price cap fall is a ‘massive relief’ – but bills still remain punishingly high
Energy bills

Energy price cap fall is a ‘massive relief’ – but bills still remain punishingly high

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Awful April: The new financial year bill increases are hitting millions hard – what can be done?
Richard Lane

Awful April: The new financial year bill increases are hitting millions hard – what can be done?

Model village gets green makeover with tiny heat pumps, solar panels and miniature Ed Miliband
Net Zero

Model village gets green makeover with tiny heat pumps, solar panels and miniature Ed Miliband

Fossil fuel industries ‘worried’ after clean energy powered 40% of world’s electricity needs in 2024
Clean energy

Fossil fuel industries ‘worried’ after clean energy powered 40% of world’s electricity needs in 2024

People with severe mental illness twice as likely to be disconnected by utility companies
Mental health

People with severe mental illness twice as likely to be disconnected by utility companies

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about
Social Justice

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about

Communities that build solar panels and wind farms should get cheaper bills, says Labour minister
Community energy

Communities that build solar panels and wind farms should get cheaper bills, says Labour minister

Labour’s billion pound gamble: Can community energy deliver the affordable power the UK needs?
Community energy

Labour’s billion pound gamble: Can community energy deliver the affordable power the UK needs?

Labour promises ‘biggest building boom in a generation’ in reform of UK’s planning system
Planning

Labour promises ‘biggest building boom in a generation’ in reform of UK’s planning system

‘Heartbreak’ for millions of Brits as energy bills to rise by more than expected from April
Energy bills

‘Heartbreak’ for millions of Brits as energy bills to rise by more than expected from April

Most households paying £750 a year more for energy bills than before cost of living crisis
Energy bills

Most households paying £750 a year more for energy bills than before cost of living crisis

Energy bills being more than £1,700 a year is not normal – we need government intervention
Matt Copeland

Energy bills being more than £1,700 a year is not normal – we need government intervention

Gaslighting the public: How the energy industry is profiting from our pain as bills are set to go up
Simon Francis

Gaslighting the public: How the energy industry is profiting from our pain as bills are set to go up

Labour says new energy efficiency rules for landlords will save renters £240 a year on bills
Energy bills

Labour says new energy efficiency rules for landlords will save renters £240 a year on bills

The mouldiest places in Britain to live, revealed
Damp and mould

The mouldiest places in Britain to live, revealed

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell
ENERGY BILLS

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell

Energy bills expected to rise again in April – and it could be ‘soul destroying’ for struggling families
Energy bills

Energy bills expected to rise again in April – and it could be ‘soul destroying’ for struggling families

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Nearly a third of people feel too ’embarrassed’ to seek support for their energy bills in the UK
Jessica Taplin

Nearly a third of people feel too ’embarrassed’ to seek support for their energy bills in the UK

Millions of Brits living in ‘Dickensian conditions’ in cold, damp homes this Christmas
Damp homes

Millions of Brits living in ‘Dickensian conditions’ in cold, damp homes this Christmas

Fuel poverty in the UK: Why can’t people pay their energy bills?
Cost of living crisis

Fuel poverty in the UK: Why can’t people pay their energy bills?

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?
Cost of living crisis

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?