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Energy bills to rise by an extra £16 next year to cover unpaid customer debt

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Energy regulator Ofgem has plans to put gas and electricity bills up even further  The planned rise would pay suppliers for the cost of all unpaid energy bills  By Sam Barker Updated: 12:11 GMT, 15 December 2023 Households face paying higher energy bills next year to help protect energy firms against soaring consumer debt. Energy … Read more

All the Government financial help available as £300 cost of living payments start hitting bank accounts

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Millions of homes start getting cost of living payments from this morning Households that do not qualify may still be eligible for other assistance schemes These include grants of up to £1,500 and other payments to help pay bills By Sam Barker Updated: 12:02 GMT, 31 October 2023 Millions of households will get a £300 … Read more

Energy firms banned from force-fitting pre-payment meters for over-75s

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Energy firms banned from force-fitting pre-payment meters for over-75s Ofgem has toughened rules on fitting pre-payment meters without consent Energy firms can still force-fit these meters so long as they meet the rules By Sam Barker Updated: 12:40 BST, 13 September 2023 More households will be protected from having pre-payment energy meters forcibly fitted in … Read more

Government has NO plans to delay proposals to replace gas boilers with heat pumps despite Michael Gove hints

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Government has NO plans to delay proposals to replace gas boilers with heat pumps despite Michael Gove hints Energy and Utilities campaign group says it’s time to ‘junk the target’  Cabinet minister Michael Gove hinted that the proposals needed to be reviewed By Helen Kirrane Updated: 15:17 BST, 26 July 2023 The Government does not … Read more

Fury as Tesco slashes Clubcard reward vouchers’ value AGAIN from 3x to 2x

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Furious shoppers have condemned Tesco for slashing their Clubcard reward vouchers’ value again as they protest about ‘spending more but getting less’.  The supermarket giant has announced this week that it is reducing the value of Clubcard vouchers that are spent with its Reward Partners for the second time in five years. As part of … Read more

Energy bills could fall below £3,000 a year from July

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Energy bills set to DROP below £3,000 a year from July but remain ‘significantly above’ pre-pandemic levels, analysts claim Energy bills set to be £2,800 a year from July onwards, Cornwall Insight claims EPG will effectively no longer be a cost to the government, report suggests By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 12:47 GMT, 4 January … Read more

Missed bill payments: Two million households have defaulted on mortgage, credit card or energy

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Nearly two million households missed mortgage, credit card and energy bill repayments this month and now ‘face financial crisis’ in the New Year Almost 7 per cent of homes have missed a crucial bill in the past four weeks Consumer charity Which? says the problem could get even worse in 2023 The most common bills … Read more

Your Christmas train may well be CANCELLED – get your money back

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Rail users are facing a miserable Christmas with a mix of prolonged strikes and engineering works. Yet this will not stop train companies from charging punitive prices – even for journeys that never go ahead.  Getting compensation for delayed or cancelled services remains a lottery. Only about a third of travellers claim the compensation they … Read more