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National Grid scheme launches on Monday between 5pm and 6pm – we look at whether it’s worth itHouseholds and businesses in Great Britain will be paid to cut back on their electricity use between 5pm and 6pm on Monday, in the first real test of a Nation…
Labour MP asks whether Zahawi statement in the summer was untrue, with Cabinet Office minister saying he does not know the answerNadhim Zahawi, the Conservative party chair, has welcomed the decision by Rishi Sunak to ask the No 10 ethics adviser to in…
Ofgem could look to take legal action if companies are not taking proper care of vulnerable householdsEnergy companies are to be investigated by the regulator Ofgem after the number of households struggling with their bills being forced on to prepaymen…
Exclusive: small business and hospitality groups urge rethink to let firms renegotiate fairer contracts and stave off closureGroups representing more than 100,000 UK firms have accused ministers of taking a “scattergun” approach to supporting businesse…
National Grid asks Drax and EDF to start warming three plants and says it will activate its live demand flexibility service on Monday eveningBritain’s electricity generators have been forced to warm up coal-fired power stations for the second time this…
Grant Shapps tells firms to stop pushing consumers on to pre-paid tariffs amid threat to ‘name and shame’ worst offendersThe business secretary has urged energy suppliers to stop forcibly switching households struggling with energy bills to prepayment …
Residents of Hathersage Court in Islington concerned they would be cut off from energy supplies this winterA council in London has halted the forced installation of prepayment meters after outrage from residents concerned they would be cut off from ene…
Criticism at Davos for big companies that, ‘like the tobacco industry’, ride roughshod over their own scienceThe head of the United Nations has accused the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies of refusing to abandon a business model at odds with human…
Bank of England must proceed with caution as households are still cutting back and business confidence is weakUK inflation dips slightly to 10.5%Baker Warburtons battles soaring food inflationThere is hope for households across Britain that inflation, …
Charities and non-profit bodies urge Jeremy Hunt to introduce discount tariff from April 2024Jeremy Hunt is facing calls for a “social energy tariff” providing cheaper gas and electricity for low income households to be introduced when government suppo…