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Taxpayers foot £300k energy bill for MPs’ second homes

Exclusive: MPs ‘living in a different world’, say campaigners as spike in prices is covered by public purse

The Independent UK

Ofgem boss should resign over prepayment meter scandal, say charities

Head of energy regulator should quit for failing to stop ‘terrible distress’, say campaigners

The Independent UK

Protesters against cold-related deaths carry coffin to Downing Street

‘Nobody should be dying because they haven’t got enough money to keep their heating on,’ campaigner Ruth London said.

The Independent UK

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Fatal disconnection: how an elderly couple’s deaths shaped UK energy policy

The discovery of the bodies of Gertrude and George Bates at home in 2003 after their gas was cut off prompted new Ofgem supplier safety guidelines. But the dangers for vulnerable people remain

The Guardian - UK

Ban pre-payment meter installations through court warrants – campaigners

The End Fuel Poverty Coalition raised concerns that firms were using PPMs ‘as a method of revenue protection’.

The Independent UK

New campaign warns fuel poverty set to impact almost 11 million households from April

Energy firms are being urged to allow smart prepay customers use £400 rebate on electricity and gas meters.

Daily Record

Fuel poverty set to hit almost 11 million households from April – campaigners

The End Fuel Poverty Coalition urged the Government to focus on a new package of support.

The Independent UK

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‘Insulated from pain’: MPs claimed £200,000 to pay utility bills on second homes last year

Exclusive: Taxpayers’ support to heat MPs’ second homes ‘adds insult to injury’, say campaigners

The Independent UK

22 experts and leaders can see what the Tories can't - that we need energy bills help

Leaders including Labour Party Keir Starmer and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown are calling for the Government to help Brits as energy bills continue to go up - and are expected to rise even more

Daily Mirror

New call to scrap standing charge as families struggle with energy rises during cost of living crisis

Campaigners calls for daily fee to be abolished amid fears than more than a third of homes will be in fuel poverty by Christmas

Chronicle Live

Fuel Poverty Action’s energy pricing plan is not just for the poorest

Letter: Ruth London explains how the campaign group’s Energy for All proposal, under which energy to cover basic needs would be free, could be funded

The Guardian - UK

Cut ‘unjust’ electricity standing charges, UK regulator urged

Campaigners say much of the ‘discriminatory’ 80% rise relates to collapse of energy suppliers last year

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