Government launches energy advice service to help households save on bills

The Government has launched a new bespoke energy advice service to help thousands of hard-to-reach households save on bills. The new measures will mean that more than 125,000 consumers to receive face-to-face advice on home efficiency upgrades and new advice services, backed by £20 million of government funding to try and help those in hard-to-treat…

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Energy bills support took too long to help those most in need

In a new report published on Government’s energy bills support scheme, the Public Accounts Committee says it took too long to get support to some of those most in need. While support schemes were introduced quickly, the Government did not have the bandwidth to make sure support reached all groups in a timely fashion. In…

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Government announces extension to energy bills support

Millions of households will get more support with high energy bills to help ease the cost of living, the Chancellor has announced ahead of the Spring Budget. The Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) will be kept at £2,500 for an additional three months from April to June, saving a typical household £160. Energy prices are 50%…

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Ten million in ‘missing middle’ face bills crisis

The Social Market Foundation (SMF), a cross-party think-tank, says restricting energy bill support to just those in the benefits and pension systems could exclude over ten million people in fuel poverty. The SMF calculated that 4.5 million households who face spending more than 10% of their income (after housing costs) on energy bills will miss…

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