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Big energy firms are giving customers extensions to their meter reading deadlines, to avoid staff being overloaded and their websites crashing in a repeat of the April disaster

Liz Truss has moved to rein in runaway household bills caused by rising global gas prices

The idea of doing a meter reading now, is that it lowers the risk of your supplier charging you the more expensive unit rates for energy used before October 1 - but it doesn't need to be submitted today

Paul Scully was laughed at during BBC's Question Time on Thursday evening when an audience member asked about the current economic crisis following the Chancellor's fiscal statement last Friday.

The new Energy Price Guarantee comes into force from tomorrow, putting a £2,500 "freeze" on bills for two years - but it's more complicated than it sounds, as this isn't an absolute cap on your bills

Members of the public are being advised to take a meter reading before bills rise dramatically

Energy bills are rising from tomorrow, and households are flocking to give up-to-date meter readings to make sure they aren't paying more than they absolutely have to

The typical household in Britain will pay, on average, around £2,500 a year in energy bills for the next two years from Saturday 1 October. A worldwide squeeze on gas supplies has led to a supply-demand imbalance and soaring prices are now being passed on by energy companies to households.…

1 October energy prices are set to rise across the country

The price of energy varies across the UK

The electric blanket supposedly runs for as low as 1p a night