Octopus boss: Energy suppliers should help with winter fuel payment cuts
Campaigners are pushing for more support after universal winter fuel payments are cut, with…
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Commons vote today as millions to lose winter fuel payments
Millions of pensioners could lose Winter Fuel Payments in a Commons vote today, prompting…
“Millions face cold homes”: Reactions to end of universal winter fuel payments
The UK Government has announced the end of universal winter fuel payments, leading to concerns…
Call for social tariff grows stronger
A coalition of more than 140 organisations and MPs is demanding a government consultation on a…
Claire Coutinho takes on role of Energy Security Secretary
Education Minister Claire Coutinho has been appointed Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary,…
“Flawed” scheme leaves 700k households without energy bill support’
Around 700,000 households, mainly older people, missed out on the Energy Bills Support…
Charities call for ‘prepayment meter amnesty’
Officials have been urged to permanently ban the force-fitting of prepayment meters
Vulnerable pensioners ‘spend a fifth of their income on energy bills’
Nearly 29% of older households in England are 'fuel-stressed', according to new report
‘Almost a quarter of older people face fuel stress from April’
The figure could rise to 35% when prices go up again in October, a charity has warned
Russia’s war on Ukraine ‘could leave 8.5m UK households in fuel poverty’
The government has been urged to add further measures to its upcoming Economic Statement
