The failure of energy watchdog Ofgem to effectively regulate suppliers has saddled households with higher costs and the government with the bill for bailouts, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
Council leaders have urged the government to “redouble” efforts to improve insulation and retrofit homes to increase fuel efficiency, saying new energy support measures will cost billions more than...
The new prime minister would face a £23bn cost if they want to help shelter households from the ongoing cost-of-living crisis by scaling up a previously announced scheme with inflation, a leading...
The government is “playing catch up with inflation” and will need to rapidly step up its support package for households just to keep pace, although many people will still be much worse off, the...
A programme of a similar scale to the unprecedented Covid-19 employment scheme might be necessary to keep rising energy bills from pushing millions of people into financial desperation, according to...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a windfall tax on energy companies’ “extraordinary” profits to help fund support measures aimed at helping people through the cost-of-living crisis.
The government has announced initial payments to help cover local authorities’ costs incurred when delivering the council tax rebate policy aimed at helping the public through the cost-of-living...
