Household bills

How to insulate yourself from energy bills that are going through the roof

Britain’s old houses leak heat, which means needless spending to keep them warm. Here are some ways to cut costs

Shane Hickey

03, Oct, 2022 @8:00 AM

Water companies forced to cut £150m from customers’ bills

Thames, Southern and nine other firms penalised after missing targets on pollution

Jasper Jolly

03, Oct, 2022 @7:15 AM

Dispelling the myths about hydrogen and heating | Letter

Letter: Jan Rosenow on his research that found the gas to be unsuitable for heating homes

Letters

02, Oct, 2022 @4:21 PM

Cooking up solutions to cost of living crisis | Brief letters

Brief letters: Bonfire night | Peak problem | Double trouble | Extreme politics

02, Oct, 2022 @4:21 PM

Ministers warn of scammers posing as energy bill support scheme

No need to apply because £400 discount will ‘reach people automatically’, says Rees-Mogg

Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent

01, Oct, 2022 @9:30 PM

‘It’s scary – things are escalating fast’: protesters fill UK streets to highlight climate crisis and cost of living

Organisers hail largest wave of simultaneous protests seen in Britain for years as people turn out in over 50 towns and cities

Mark Townsend & Sundus Abdi

01, Oct, 2022 @6:09 PM

‘Huge turnouts’ reported at UK cost of living protests

Organisers describe gatherings as largest wave of simultaneous protests in Britain for years

Mark Townsend and Alex Lawson

01, Oct, 2022 @1:47 PM

Enough is enough: five activists fighting back against Britain’s cost of living crisis

As the UK faces the toughest winter in decades, leading campaigners against food and energy poverty, poor housing and other key issues share their anger

Tim Adams, Alice O'Keeffe, Killian Fox

01, Oct, 2022 @1:00 PM

UK financial chaos: a survival guide for your mortgage, savings and energy

The pound dived and stock markets tumbled after the mini-budget – here’s what you need to know

Zoe Wood, Jess Clark and Rupert Jones

01, Oct, 2022 @6:00 AM

Britons to burn their bills in weekend wave of cost of living protests

Dozens of rallies planned from Plymouth to Aberdeen as £150bn energy price guarantee comes into effect

Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

01, Oct, 2022 @5:01 AM

Is Liz Truss right to say no one will get an energy bill over £2,500?

Prime minister risks leading households to believe that they do not need to limit energy usage

Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

30, Sep, 2022 @11:53 AM

Parents ‘eating cold meals’ to save on UK energy costs

Quarter of adults with at least one child under 18 have also cut back on food shopping, study finds