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Regulator urged to expose the hidden commission fees middlemen charge which inflate company billsA coalition representing 1m small businesses is urging the energy regulator to crack down on the rogue energy brokers who rip off firms, charities, care ho…
Campaigners’ pressure sees London mayor withdraw approval for stoves billed as better for the environmentThe London mayor Sadiq Khan has withdrawn his endorsement of woodburning stoves promoted as “environmentally friendly” after a surge in sales of th…
Swedish energy giant Vattenfall says costs have climbed 40% due to rise in global gas prices Business live – latest updatesThe government’s green energy ambitions have been dealt a blow after plans for a giant offshore windfarm off the Norfolk coast gr…
Government launches Great British Nuclear body plus competition to develop small modular reactorsThe UK government is to offer grants of £157m as part of its launch of a new body to support the nuclear power industry.Great British Nuclear (GBN) will be…
Limiting demand of richest 20% saves seven times greenhouse gases required to meet needs of poorest 20%, researchers findExtreme heatwave – latest news updatesGently limiting “luxury” demand from the 20% of European consumers who use the most energy sa…
Analysts call on government to make pumps mandatory for all new homes and scale up grants for installation in existing propertiesThe UK is lagging far behind France and other EU countries in installing heat pumps, research has shown, with less than a t…
ScottishPower expects Hagshaw Hill to produce five times as much energy with half the turbines by early 2025Hornsea Four offshore windfarm given green light after five-month delayOne of Britain’s oldest onshore windfarms will soon be “repowered” so it …
Tesla Electric seeks executive ‘with healthy scepticism of status quo’ to manage entry into UK energy marketElon Musk’s Tesla is poised to disrupt Britain’s energy market with the launch of a new household supplier.The maker of electric cars, which als…
Exclusive: Victoria Prentis’s shareholdings not disclosed in registers despite potential for conflicts of interestRevealed: shares held ‘in secret’ by scores of MPs raise questions about vested interestsWhich UK MPs own shares in publicly listed compan…
Exclusive: MPs found to hold ‘in effect secret’ stock in listed firms from banks to housebuildersWife of Tory MP who criticised windfall tax on oil firms has £50,000 in BP sharesAttorney general and close family hold £130,000 in shares in six FTSE 100 …