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Energy Prices

Several bill hikes are set to hit households from April despite the cost of living crisis (image: Adobe)

Explainer 6 bill hikes hitting households from April - and how to beat them

Health chiefs say the rising cost of living is having significant consequences on health (Photo: Jakub - stock.adobe.com)
Health chiefs say the rising cost of living is having significant consequences on health (Photo: Jakub - stock.adobe.com)

Soaring living costs creates ‘second health emergency’ after Covid

Households are being urged to reapply for energy support vouchers (Photo: Adobe)
Households are being urged to reapply for energy support vouchers (Photo: Adobe)

Households urged to reapply for £67 energy support vouchers

The UK’s fiscal watchdog warns households will therefore feel the pinch more than at any point since 1957 (Photos: Getty/Adobe Stock)
The UK’s fiscal watchdog warns households will therefore feel the pinch more than at any point since 1957 (Photos: Getty/Adobe Stock)

OBR warns UK households could suffer huge drop in living standards

Alcohol duty, pensions and energy bills were among the topics targeted by Jeremy hunt’s 2023 budget. (Credit: Mark Hall)
Alcohol duty, pensions and energy bills were among the topics targeted by Jeremy hunt’s 2023 budget. (Credit: Mark Hall)

Budget 2023 at a glance: what were the main points from Hunt’s speech?

Jeremy Hunt is ending the “prepayment premium” from July (Composite: Mark Hall)
Jeremy Hunt is ending the “prepayment premium” from July (Composite: Mark Hall)

Energy bills to be cut for four million UK households from July

Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs
Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

Energy bills are set to go up by around 20% in April (image: Adobe)
Energy bills are set to go up by around 20% in April (image: Adobe)

Energy price guarantee 20% hike delayed until July

Jeremy Hunt has extended the energy price guarantee. Credit: Getty/Mark Hall
Jeremy Hunt has extended the energy price guarantee. Credit: Getty/Mark Hall

Jeremy Hunt extends energy price guarantee for further three months

The energy bills support scheme has helped consumers through this winter (images: Adobe)
The energy bills support scheme has helped consumers through this winter (images: Adobe)

Government energy bills support scheme to end after this month’s bills

Households are being urged to make a simple change to their boiler settings (Image: Kim Mogg)
Households are being urged to make a simple change to their boiler settings (Image: Kim Mogg)

Simple change to boiler settings could save £112 a year on bills

Wholesale energy prices are falling - but they will not affect energy bills anytime soon (images: AFP/Getty Images/PA)
Wholesale energy prices are falling - but they will not affect energy bills anytime soon (images: AFP/Getty Images/PA)

Analysis Why our energy bills will still rise despite falling wholesale prices

An online portal has opened to help 900,000 more households with energy bills (Photo: Adobe)
An online portal has opened to help 900,000 more households with energy bills (Photo: Adobe)

900,000 more households to receive £400 energy bill support

Energy bills set to rise by £500 despite Ofgem price cap drop

Best solar power generators for off-grid living from Jackery, Anker, Bluetti, EcoFlow
Best solar power generators for off-grid living from Jackery, Anker, Bluetti, EcoFlow

Best solar generators for off-grid living from Jackery, Anker, Bluetti

Household energy bills are forecast to be hundreds of pounds cheaper by this summer (Photo: Adobe)
Household energy bills are forecast to be hundreds of pounds cheaper by this summer (Photo: Adobe)

Household energy bills to be ‘hundreds of pounds cheaper’ by summer

Centrica’s profits have boomed. Credit: Mark Hall
Centrica’s profits have boomed. Credit: Mark Hall

British Gas owner sees profits triple to £3.3bn as energy prices soar

Centrica’s profits soared threefold to £3.3bn in 2022 (image: PA)
Centrica’s profits soared threefold to £3.3bn in 2022 (image: PA)

British Gas ownership explained as Centrica posts £3.3bn in profits

UK inflation has fallen slightly for the third month in a row to 10.1% (Photo: Getty Images)
UK inflation has fallen slightly for the third month in a row to 10.1% (Photo: Getty Images)

UK inflation falls for third month in a row to 10.1%

Linked electric and gas prices ‘hurting EV adoption’, warn campaigners

BP has reported record annual profits (Photo: Getty Images)
BP has reported record annual profits (Photo: Getty Images)

BP waters down key climate target as annual profits soar to £23bn

Activists from Greenpeace set up a mock-petrol station price board displaying the Shell's net profit for 2022 (Getty)
Activists from Greenpeace set up a mock-petrol station price board displaying the Shell's net profit for 2022 (Getty)

Shell’s profits prove that a proper windfall tax is long overdue Nick Mitchell

Major pub firm behind Slug and Lettuce ‘plans to sell up to 1000 sites’
Major pub firm behind Slug and Lettuce ‘plans to sell up to 1000 sites’

Major pub firm behind Slug and Lettuce ‘plans to sell up to 1000 pubs’

Prepayment meters are being forced on thousands of households (images: Getty Images)
Prepayment meters are being forced on thousands of households (images: Getty Images)

Explainer How prepayment meters work - as British Gas suspends ‘force-fitting’

Energy companies are able to obtain court warrants which give them the legal right to enter people’s homes (Photo: Getty Images)
Energy companies are able to obtain court warrants which give them the legal right to enter people’s homes (Photo: Getty Images)

British Gas debt collectors break into homes to force-fit meters

A smart meter indicating that it is on a ‘Prepayment tariff’ (Photo: DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)
A smart meter indicating that it is on a ‘Prepayment tariff’ (Photo: DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Shapps tells energy providers to stop switching to prepayment meters

Households will be paid if they avoid using electricity during peak demand (Photo: Adobe)
Households will be paid if they avoid using electricity during peak demand (Photo: Adobe)

What is National Grid’s energy saving scheme? How much can I save

British Gas is giving thousands of its prepayment customers up to £250 free energy credit (Photo: Getty Images)
British Gas is giving thousands of its prepayment customers up to £250 free energy credit (Photo: Getty Images)

British Gas customers to get free £250 credit to help pay energy bills

Energy bills could soon be hundreds of pounds lower than originally forecast (Photo: Adobe)
Energy bills could soon be hundreds of pounds lower than originally forecast (Photo: Adobe)

Household energy bills set to be hundreds of pounds lower ‘in months’

Martin Lewis is married to fellow TV personality Lara Lewington. (Getty Images)
Martin Lewis is married to fellow TV personality Lara Lewington. (Getty Images)

Martin Lewis’s married fellow TV personality Lara Lewington in 2009

Cold Weather Payment returns as temperatures drop - check eligibility

The annual cost of having hot baths is predicted to rise by almost 90% this year (Photo: Adobe)
The annual cost of having hot baths is predicted to rise by almost 90% this year (Photo: Adobe)

Cost of running a hot bath to rise almost 90% to £1,023 this year

Citizens Advice estimates 600,000 people were forced on to the pay-as-you-go method last year (Photo: Adobe)
Citizens Advice estimates 600,000 people were forced on to the pay-as-you-go method last year (Photo: Adobe)

Call to ban ‘forced’ switch to prepayment meters as millions cut off

Martin Lewis has shared his knowledge of what falling wholesale gas prices could mean for consumers (Photo: ITV)
Martin Lewis has shared his knowledge of what falling wholesale gas prices could mean for consumers (Photo: ITV)

Martin Lewis addresses wholesale gas prices ahead of April price cap

Jeremy Hunt labelled the existing scheme as ‘unsustainable’ (image: PA)
Jeremy Hunt labelled the existing scheme as ‘unsustainable’ (image: PA)

Government set to ‘reduce’ energy bills support for UK businesses

Energy bills are set to change from 1 January - here’s how (images: Getty Images/PA)
Energy bills are set to change from 1 January - here’s how (images: Getty Images/PA)

Explainer Why your energy supplier might be increasing your bill in January 2023

The government has been accused of “rank double standards” after giving almost £30 million in high-street vouchers to civil servants - whilst also enforcing a pay freeze prompted by the cost of living crisis. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld
The government has been accused of “rank double standards” after giving almost £30 million in high-street vouchers to civil servants - whilst also enforcing a pay freeze prompted by the cost of living crisis. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Civil servants paid millions in high-street vouchers amid pay freeze

Pictures of happy customers. Credit: James Anderson / Depher
Pictures of happy customers. Credit: James Anderson / Depher

A hero plumber is working for free to help those in need

The vouchers are issued under the government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme (Composite: Kim Mogg)
The vouchers are issued under the government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme (Composite: Kim Mogg)

One million energy discount vouchers unclaimed - how to redeem them

The payment will be issued to 900,000 households in Great Britain (Photo: Adobe)
The payment will be issued to 900,000 households in Great Britain (Photo: Adobe)

Government confirms £400 energy bill support for 900,000 households

(Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
(Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Blackouts, ‘extreme’ weather and war - the energy crisis in the UK

Martin Lewis has given an update to households still waiting to receive a cost of living payment (Photo: ITV)
Martin Lewis has given an update to households still waiting to receive a cost of living payment (Photo: ITV)

Martin Lewis shares important update on £200 winter energy payment

A Conservative MP will raise a WaterSure-style scheme with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, which would help disabled people pay their energy bills during the cost of living crisis
A Conservative MP will raise a WaterSure-style scheme with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, which would help disabled people pay their energy bills during the cost of living crisis

Exclusive: MP to raise WaterSure-style energy scheme with Chancellor

Ofgem raises energy price cap to £4,279 - but households protected

More than 11.6 million pensioners are in line to get the Winter Fuel Payments over the next two months (Photo: Adobe)
More than 11.6 million pensioners are in line to get the Winter Fuel Payments over the next two months (Photo: Adobe)

Millions to receive up to £600 cost of living payment from today

Seventeen British energy suppliers have been failing vulnerable customers Ofgem has found (Photo: Adobe)
Seventeen British energy suppliers have been failing vulnerable customers Ofgem has found (Photo: Adobe)

17 energy suppliers failing vulnerable customers named by Ofgem

Stamp duty is a tax on property purchases (image: Getty Images)
Stamp duty is a tax on property purchases (image: Getty Images)

Stamp duty explained - what autumn statement changes mean for you

BP has revealed its profits more than doubled for the past three months.
BP has revealed its profits more than doubled for the past three months.

BP profits more than double to £7.1bn amid windfall tax pressure

Potential energy blackouts this winter are “frightening” and “clarity” is needed from the government, two parent carers of disabled people have said
Potential energy blackouts this winter are “frightening” and “clarity” is needed from the government, two parent carers of disabled people have said

Winter power blackouts would be devastating for disabled people

The UK government is providing £37 billion of support to help with the rising cost of living (Composite: Mark Hall / NationalWorld)
The UK government is providing £37 billion of support to help with the rising cost of living (Composite: Mark Hall / NationalWorld)

Key dates all cost of living payments will be paid across UK this year

Martin Lewis has revealed how to calculate the energy cost of household appliances (Photo: Getty Images / ITV)
Martin Lewis has revealed how to calculate the energy cost of household appliances (Photo: Getty Images / ITV)

Martin Lewis explains how to calculate energy cost of house appliances

Free blankets are available from a major energy supplier to help keep customers warm this winter
Free blankets are available from a major energy supplier to help keep customers warm this winter

Octopus Energy is giving away free electric blankets this winter

Ovo Energy said the trial will reward customers up to £100 for switching non-essential energy use to greener times of the day (Photo: Adobe)
Ovo Energy said the trial will reward customers up to £100 for switching non-essential energy use to greener times of the day (Photo: Adobe)

Ovo Energy to pay customers up to £100 to cut power usage this winter

Scheduled blackouts were last used in the UK in the 1970s. (Credit: Getty Images)
Scheduled blackouts were last used in the UK in the 1970s. (Credit: Getty Images)

When were the last planned blackouts in the UK?

National Grid have warned that some parts of the country may experience planned blackouts amid fears that power plant will not be able to run at full capacity. (Credit: Adobe)
National Grid have warned that some parts of the country may experience planned blackouts amid fears that power plant will not be able to run at full capacity. (Credit: Adobe)

National Grid warns of potential planned blackouts this winter

Eligible customers will receive a £150 payment directly into their account (Photo: Adobe)
Eligible customers will receive a £150 payment directly into their account (Photo: Adobe)

Shell Energy to give an extra £150 to vulnerable customers this winter