All news on the topic: Fuel poverty

The energy regulator Ofgem is facing criticism for raising its household price cap next year, allowing fuel suppliers to charge more to cover the debt of customers who have fallen behind

Millions face a bleak Christmas due to their living conditions. People with damp and mould in their homes are more likely to have respiratory problems, infections, allergies or asthma

Some 4.2 million children are in households that have no spare cash, with parents feeling cost-of-living pressures over Christmas - as the Chancellor is called upon to take action

EDF Energy customer Mel is classed as 'vulnerable' due to living with fibromyalgia and was left feeling degraded when a customer service worker was heard calling her 'entitled' while contesting a £4,500 energy bill

Doctors said the Chancellor's failure to cough up extra cash for the NHS in the Autumn Statement will mean patients are forced to wait for hours on trolleys in A&Es this winter

Bryan Leadbetter, 38, contacted his local councillor in Falkirk to ask her for help after being slapped with an electricity bill for more than £12,000 even though he spends most of his time at his parents home and always eats there

Ofgem has issued new rules requiring suppliers to contact customers if they miss two monthly or one quarterly payments, check to see if they are struggling with bills and, if so, offer support such as affordable payment plans or repayment holidays

Campaigners have discovered that the £150 annual Warm Home Discount was not available to 800,000 of the country's poorest households last winter

Britain's energy watchdog Ofgem is considering a one-off increase to the energy price cap of up to £17 a year to help prevent suppliers from going bust as they face spiralling consumer debts

Experts say Britain continuing to pump millions of pounds into 'white elephant' carbon capture projects is "likely the result of significant lobbying by the gas industry"

Fuel poverty campaigners have said this winter will be as difficult as the last for Brit households - yet super-rich energy companies will line their pockets with millions

We have enough green energy to power Britain many times over, it will never run out and there is no global market setting the price for it

The PM caved in to demands from hard-right Tories and big business but snubbed calls to invest in renewables amid claims it would not reduce energy bills

Drivers in some parts of the country will be forced to pay more just to use their vehicles, while others could make huge savings depending on their type of car

Smart energy supplier Utilita has called on the government to ban legacy meters, and provide up to £800 of direct winter energy assistance to the lowest income households

Charity bosses warn the number behind with payments has soared by 2.1 million since March last year, with data suggesting one in 10 adults failed to pay sky-high fuel bills in April

Like a criminal who refuses to come to court for his sentencing, the former PM cowardly quit Parliament rather than hear the verdict of the Privileges committee

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed plans to revert the tax back to 40% from 75% in a move that has been criticised by campaigners

A study by National Energy Action for a Dispatches probe found three in five over-65s used their heating less than usual - and one in five went to bed early to stay warm

The Mirror can reveal two months after applications opened in March, just 13% of eligible families had applied. Now, there are just days left to apply - or households risk losing out on support

More than 16 million households have built up credit balances with their supplier, according to research - and the amount has soared from £5.3bn last year

Watchdog announced a voluntary code with suppliers, but charities and politicians said glaring loopholes would leave many people at risk

Described by campaigners as "heartbreaking", the figures also show that 5,371 hypothermia cases - the equivalent of around 15 per day - were recorded over the whole of last year

Leap comes after Tories scrapped support package which gave households an extra £400 to cover soaring costs and replaced it with more targeted aid

The Tory Chancellor's 2023 Budget comes six months after the economic chaos inflicted on the country by 49-day PM Liz Truss's disastrous mini-Budget