On Sunday, the energy price cap will fall below £2,000 a year for the first time in 18 months, but campaigners have warned that households will feel little relief from high energy costs this winter. The 29 million households in England, Wales
Some residents are paying five times as much council tax relative to their salary compared to residents in other local authorities, the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) said. Locals in West Devon, the area with the highest burden, pay 10.85 per cent of their
Wind and solar farms are forced to wait to have their sites connected to the electricity grid with local opposition and protests often a problem, it was said. Experts warned that this is slowing the transition to clean energy and delaying Britain’s
Former chairman of the BBC, Richard Sharp has caused outrage by suggesting wealthier households should pay a higher licence fee. A change to the current £159-a-year licence fee, which funds the work of the BBC, is currently being considered by the government.
Householders may be told to collect rainwater and recycle their dirty water, as suppliers continue to lose millions of litres to leaks every day. The Department for the Environment is looking at ways to promote using “greywater” from sinks, showers, baths or
Households have been urged to send meter readings to their energy supplier ahead of Ofgem’s lowered price cap coming into effect on July 1. The average household energy bill will fall by £426 a year from July after Ofgem lowered its price
Council tax bills have more than tripled to £2,000 since the charge was first introduced 30 years ago, research found. The fee for an average band D home has gone up by 79 percent, according to the Taxpayers’ Alliance. It found 244
The Government is keen to boost take up of the benefit but many pensioners believe they do not qualify because they own a property. However, a single pensioner getting by on an income of less than £201.05 a week or a couple with
One in 10 households with an elderly member are unable to afford to heat their home to an adequate temperature. The shocking statistic means one million older households in England live in fuel poverty, according to official figures. Some 632,000 households with
First-year Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders was present on Radio Row at Super Bowl LVII last week, and “Prime Time” had a lot to say. When asked whether recently retired quarterback Tom Brady’s record of seven Super Bowls would ever be