Party donor Dale Vince warns that urging homeowners to switch to clean-power technology risks political storm bigger than UlezThe government risks a huge political backlash if it keeps pushing the public to install heat pumps to...
Read MoreResolution Foundation research shows 7.7m households likely to struggle to heat homes this winterKeir Starmer has been urged to intervene to help households tackle rising gas and electricity bills this winter, as average energy...
Read MoreA surge in claims for pension credit will make thousands more people eligible for the payments and other benefitsRachel Reeves has been warned that her cut to pensioner winter fuel payments risks saving hundreds of millions less...
Read MoreA further 175,000 pensioners are likely to stop receiving allowance under such plans, official figures showUK politics live – latest updatesA further 175,000 pensioners could lose the winter fuel allowance if the benefit...
Read MoreConsumer campaigner writes to Ed Miliband warning that installations are being prioritised over repairsEnergy customers are being short-changed by “perverse” government targets to install electronic smart meters in...
Read MoreCampaign group challenges industry regulator over price rises for customers that will pay to upgrade infrastructureThe water industry regulator has been accused of overseeing a “stealth bailout of water companies”...
Read MoreWe Own It says 31% of water bills went on shareholder payouts and company debts in last financial year, while the same percentage of 2024 remainsTuesday is the day water bills will start servicing debt and paying shareholders...
Read MoreThe Guardian’s Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey talk about Labour’s first big test in parliament over their winter fuel payments policy. Plus, will Keir Starmer’s trip to Washington be awkward after his decision...
Read MoreTUC and Unite leaders express ‘real concerns’ over policy as many Labour MPs expected to abstain in Commons voteThe government is facing renewed pressure from unions to change course over its decision to strip the...
Read MoreCrossbench peer will table ‘fatal’ Lords motion, as Starmer faces damaging rebellion in Commons vote• Steve Webb: There’s no need to cut poorer pensioners’ income. Smarter winter fuel solutions are...
Read MoreFrontbenchers say they have had string of complaints from constituents and policy ‘won’t be worth the political hit’Cabinet ministers have grave concerns about Rachel Reeves’s plan to axe the winter fuel...
Read MoreFrontbenchers say they have had string of complaints from constituents and policy ‘won’t be worth the political hit’Cabinet ministers have grave concerns about Rachel Reeves’s plan to axe the winter fuel...
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