Pensioner body calls on Reeves to reverse cut to winter fuel allowance
National Pensioners Convention tells chancellor decision means many older people ‘may not survive to see the spring’
July 2024
Many pensioners can’t afford to lose the winter fuel allowance
Millions to pay lower summer energy bills as UK price cap drops
June 2024
Observer business agenda
In the race for new energy strategies, why does home insulation always lag behind?
It’s not a sexy subject in an election campaign, but the inefficiency of Britain’s housing stock is a crisis in waiting
May 2024
Three years of pain: how inflation drove the UK cost of living crisis
With prices forecast to increase at their slowest pace since 2021, we look at the biggest risers in goods and services
February 2024
Fuel efficiency standards: Labor unveils proposal, highlighting petrol savings of $1,000 a year for motorists
Coalition-led scare campaign predicted for plan to place yearly cap on emissions for new cars sold in Australia
January 2024
Millions of households in England ‘will still be in fuel poverty by end of decade’
About 3m households affected because of government missing home energy efficiency targets, study finds
‘Soul-warming’: the mystery man who chops wood to keep his neighbors from freezing
For many Americans, warmth is just another unattainable luxury. In upstate New York, a woodsman is quietly easing the suffering
Three energy firms allowed to force-fit prepayment meters again
EDF, Octopus and Scottish Power given green light by Ofgem to install devices in Great Britain under strict new rules
December 2023
Call to end ‘cruel’ winter rises as energy bills go up by £100 a year
Campaign groups call on regulator to abolish January bill increase, saying households are facing an ‘assault from all sides’
November 2023
UK bill payers may have to cover £6bn cost of failed energy firms, warn MPs
Public accounts committee issues ‘sobering reminder’ there are no guarantees money spent will be recovered after collapse of Bulb
October 2023
The shame of a million children living in destitution in Britain
Letters: Janet Lewis and Trish Cockayne on a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation that revealed how children are experiencing extreme poverty in Britain
September 2023
Ban on wood burners threatens British boat-dwellers with winter freeze
Green target delay will lead to higher bills for low-income tenants, say experts
August 2023
Ministers urged to offer financial support for Britain’s rising energy bills
Observer business agenda
A social tariff could bring a warm glow to UK energy policy
Ofgem energy price cap predicted to fall to £1,823 a year
Other lives
Ann Robinson obituary
July 2023
British Gas reports record £969m profit after price cap increase
Haggle, slash and switch: five ways to cut household bills as UK prices soar
