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energy-poverty

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Protesters march through Parliament Square with a banner reading Cut Energy Bills, demonstrating against the energy price cap rise.

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.

Aerial view of Shell's red Penguins FPSO platform, symbol of energy bills windfall profits, being towed near a North Sea coastline.

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…

A damaged bus shelter and shattered glass litter a Kyiv street after a 2022 Russian missile strike, as the EU funds Chinese drone parts for Ukraine's war.

EU chooses drones over heating

Brussels waived its own China rules to fund Ukraine's drone war as tens of millions of Europeans can't afford to heat…