All news on the topic: Energy bills

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10 'vampire appliances' adding £147 to your energy bill - how to cut costs
Although it may be tedious to keep switching the appliances on and off every day, by simply keeping track of what appliances and devices are turned on, you could save up to £147 a year on energy costs
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Fury as Shell makes £7.6BILLION in 3 months as Tory windfall tax failure blamed
The oil giant raked in a record £7.6billion in the first three months of this year, or £986 every second, and showered ­shareholders with £4.8billion
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British Gas to stop using third-party debt agents to install prepayment meters
The energy giant has announced it will no longer use agents to do fit prepayment meters under warrant - instead, it will do the work itself, as it did until a few years ago
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Martin Lewis urges millions of households to check if they're due £100s
Around 65% of us pay our energy bills by direct debit and energy companies are sitting on around £7billion which is purely in energy credit
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BP makes £4bn in three months as Labour's calls for windfall tax are fuelled
BP’s latest profits, between this January and March, were around £560millon more than analysts who follow the company predicted it would make
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Supermarket shelves left empty as UK chicken shortage reaches 'breaking point'
It comes as the poultry industry says the situation is at 'breaking point' as producers struggle to cope with soaring energy bills and packaging prices that have left the system “unsustainable"
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Mum in tears after Asda worker spots her in distress and says 'follow me'
Staff member Sue, who works in the Grange Road store in Ellesmete Port, Liverpool, was approached by a woman to see if a £20 note she had just taken out for her electric bill was handed in to staff
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6 household appliances now cost £450 a year to run as prices rise 58% - see list
Appliances such as fridges, freezers, and washing machines are all becoming significantly more expensive to run as the cost of living crisis continues to impact on the UK
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'My flatmate's long showers are so wasteful - now I can't afford the water bill'
A woman is livid with her flatmate because she always takes long showers that have sent their bills skyrocketing - and she refuses to cut down despite the cost issues
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'We are not ALL worse off, as fat cat bank chief Huw Pill (on £190k) reckons'
Bankers seem to be doing OK. The guy who runs British Gas got a £3.7million bonus last month. On top of his £790k salary
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10 money changes coming in May - including £200 energy help and Tesco shake-up
Mirror money editor Levi Winchester runs through all the big financial changes and announcements coming up in May and how they affect your wallet - from benefits to your Tesco shop
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'After 13 years, Brits know they’re not better off. Here’s how we change that'
Writing for the Mirror, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves vows that a Labour government would help workers by kickstarting Britain's economy after years of Tory failure
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Tories 'let energy giants off hook' as windfall tax raises £2.7bn below target
Oil and gas firms paid £4.4billion in windfall tax payments in the past year, which is way below the £7.2billion the government had forecast
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Oodie slash price of Corgi hooded blanket in time for King Charles's Coronation
The hooded blankets help plenty of shoppers save on their heating bills all year long
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Energy bills warning as households could pay more on top of existing charges
Ofgem is reportedly considering an extra charge to bills as stricter rules for forced prepayment installations are expected to impact the finances of energy suppliers
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Hair salon owner can only afford to open four days a week due to soaring costs
Dennie Smith, 61, says she can only afford to open Vintage 62 in Croydon four days a week due to soaring costs after selling their home to take over the salon's lease
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Prepayment customers missing out on £22m in unused vouchers - how to claim yours
All households across the UK received a £400 discount on their energy bills from October 2022 until March 2023 as part of the Energy Bill Support scheme
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Campaigners to highlight £1.1bn unclaimed Pension Credit with 'invoice' to DWP
Independent Age will deliver the "invoice" to the ministry's Westminster headquarters to raise awareness of the benefit and encourage more OAPs to sign-up
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New prepayment meter rules are not enough - here's what your rights are now
Consumer rights expert Martyn James explains everything you need to know about the new energy prepayment meter rules from Ofgem - and what problems still remain
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Lisa Nandy slams Tories for claiming to be 'patriots' while letting Brits starve
Lisa Nandy has attacked government ministers who smeared workers demanding a fair wage increase as 'unpatriotic', saying that it is not unpatriotic to demand a fair day's pay for an honest day's work
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'Unpleasant Dominic Raab could change his ways but it was too little, too late'
Keir Mudie says Dominic Raab's resignation letter was 'graceless' as there was 'no apology' but just a 'bizarre rant about how him leaving is no good for government'
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Energy brand closing down affecting 200,000 customers - what you need to know
Boost Power customers will be moved over to its parent company Ovo Energy, with letters already being sent out to households - here is what you need to know about the changes
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Cost of living 'nightmare' to get even worse - 9 vital questions answered
The Office for National Statistics said we last month paid 19% more on a weekly shop, the highest since 1977. Some items have gone up seven times faster than average wages
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'If zombie knives were banned earlier, parents may not be mourning lost kids'
Four previous Tory Home Secretaries – Theresa May in 2016, Amber Rudd in 2017, Sajid Javid in 2018 and Priti Patel in 2021 – also boasted of getting tough
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Four in ten Brits don't realise appliances still cost money when left on standby
Coffee machines, electric cookers, and washing machines drain the most energy simply from being left switched on at the mains