Energy Prices

Treasury committing billions to help households shoulder rising cost of living

£15bn relief fund praised as ‘substantial’ and ‘welcome’ – but critics warn it doesn’t go far enough

New support package will be partly funded by a temporary windfall tax on oil and gas companies

A one-off levy could fund measures to ease the cost-of-living crisis, says Labour

BP profit surge triggers renewed calls for a levy to help struggling households

EU energy ministers hold crisis talks after Moscow starts cutting supplies

Outlook ‘makes for grim reading’ following historic rise in inflation

Top tips for bracing against ‘worst attack on living standards’ in a generation

Your digest of analysis from the British and international press

Calls for more action from Rishi Sunak amid ‘worst attack on living standards’ in a generation

Britain’s economic prospects were dire enough before Putin’s war – ‘now they are desperate’

Gas prices have soared by 70% in less than two weeks as Vladimir Putin threatens supply

Rishi Sunak pledges support after cost of living ‘double whammy’ hits millions

Ofgem announces a record 54% rise in energy bills for 22m households 

Price shock, easing the blow and self-help

Is a windfall tax really the answer to the acute pain of energy costs?

Your digest of analysis from the British and international press

Ofgem chief warns that more suppliers may fail amid soaring gas prices

A surge in global demand for gas has left smaller energy suppliers on the brink of collapse

Soaring demand leads to wholesale gas price increases being passed on to consumers

Ofgem reduces the price cap due to lower wholesale energy costs following Covid-19

Debate rages over Labour Party’s pledge to bring energy sector under government control

Households on default tariffs will pay extra £117 a year on average

Pricing dispute between government and energy firm reaches boiling point

National Audit Office says that with 39 million meters still to be replaced, government has no chance of hitting 2020 deadline

Five million households set for lower energy bills this winter

Government aims to cut power use by 20% over the next decade

Explosion at gas processing plant interrupts supply across Europe and sends prices soaring

Making a change can prevent a sharp rise in your bills

uSwitch says billing errors and compensation delays are 'unacceptable' as it calls for clampdown

Vulnerable customers could get extra help under watchdog proposals

Around a fifth of UK workforce to go after company racks up losses of £106m in 2015

Despite making three price cuts in the past year, the UK's largest energy supplier has just reported bumper earnings

Competition probe one of many challenges for utility giant, which has had to slash its dividend