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Economy Bills hit £1,723 as energy secretary claims she’s powerless over war
Ofgem's 4% price cap rise pushes bills to £1,723 as the energy secretary calls the war 'impossible to control', Britain…
Economy Energy price cap rises to £1,723
Ofgem's 4% cap rise pushes typical bills to £1,723 as arrears head for £7bn and Labour's £300 pledge quietly dies.
Economy Households pay £221 for war fought from UK bases
A war Britain helped wage from its own air bases has added £221 to household energy bills, and this week's growth…
Economy Bills rise again to cover energy bosses’ £6bn windfall
Energy firms banked over £6bn in war windfall profits this year, more than £200 a household, days before Ofgem's next…
Economy Neso can now black out homes
A grid code change gives Neso power to order emergency power cuts across Britain with eight hours' warning, as data…
UK Burnham scraps digital ID scheme to cut energy bills
Andy Burnham used his first two days as PM to cut VAT on electricity bills and pledge £340m to end rough sleeping.
Economy Households paid for operator’s alleged cover-up
Households paid the price for June's near-blackout while, a whistleblower says, grid bosses ordered staff to leave no…
World 13.5m households freeze amid record EU gas imports
EU governments paid Russia roughly €6bn for record Yamal gas imports as 13.5 million UK households fall into fuel…
World Russia queues, Britain arms the strikes
Britain is arming the drone strikes on Russian oil terminals, and households in both countries are picking up the tab.
Economy Britain funds the wind farms. SSE and Equinor bank the profits.
Bills rose 13% this month as record renewables came online, but the savings never reached households. Energy firms…