Insurers have promised to clean up their act after coming under fire over the “poverty premium”, whereby customers who cannot afford to pay for car…
View More Car insurance firms agree to crack down on ‘poverty premium’Tag: Household bills
Unregulated ‘identity tracers’ harass people for debts they do not owe
The letter from the debt collection agency arrived out of the blue, and it was intimidating. It informed Joshua Simpson* that he owed £2,212 to…
View More Unregulated ‘identity tracers’ harass people for debts they do not owe‘It’ll be a massive saving’: why more people in the UK are downsizing home
When Richard Wise* moved from London to Margate in Kent three years ago, he did not expect to move again any time soon. But the…
View More ‘It’ll be a massive saving’: why more people in the UK are downsizing homeNew blow to British smart meter rollout as number of faulty machines leaps to 4m
Nearly 4m energy smart meters in homes and businesses are faulty, government figures have shown, in a further blow to the “troubled” rollout of the…
View More New blow to British smart meter rollout as number of faulty machines leaps to 4mFailure to insulate UK homes costing thousands of lives a year, says report
The government’s failure to insulate the UK’s cold and leaky homes is costing thousands of lives a year, according to analysis. The report from Greenpeace…
View More Failure to insulate UK homes costing thousands of lives a year, says report‘It’s all fallen flat’: households earning more than £60,000 on how they are struggling financially
An annual gross income of £74,000 puts Scott, 28, a software engineer from Leicestershire, in the top 10% of earners nationally. But, he says, it…
View More ‘It’s all fallen flat’: households earning more than £60,000 on how they are struggling financiallyThames Water lobbying government to let it increase bills by 40%
Thames Water has been lobbying the government and regulators to let it increase bills by 40%, pay lower fines for breaches and keep paying out…
View More Thames Water lobbying government to let it increase bills by 40%Energy price cap in Great Britain to fall to £1,690 from April, its lowest in two years
The energy price cap in Great Britain will fall by £238 to £1,690 this spring thanks to a mild winter and lower gas prices, easing…
View More Energy price cap in Great Britain to fall to £1,690 from April, its lowest in two yearsBritish Gas launches fixed-rate energy deal offering 12% saving on price cap
British Gas has launched a fixed-rate gas and electricity deal that offers a 12% saving over most existing price-capped tariffs, adding a new choice to…
View More British Gas launches fixed-rate energy deal offering 12% saving on price capMore than 2m UK prepay meter users to be cut off from gas or electric this winter
More than 2 million people across the UK will be cut off from their gas and electricity this winter because they cannot afford to top…
View More More than 2m UK prepay meter users to be cut off from gas or electric this winter