Fuel poverty is now commonplace

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

According to recent reports, fuel poverty has become "part of everyday British life". Ann Robinson of uSwitch.com said that pensioners, single income families and families in receipt of benefits "face a real threat to their standard of living as fuel poverty becomes part of everyday British life". According to uSwitch.com’s calculations ...

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British Gas Raise Prices

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

British Gas the U.K's largest energy supplier has raised energy prices by a whopping 35% on Gas and 9% on Electricity, the largest increase in the companies history which follows on from a 15% increase earlier in the year. The average home energy bill has risen by 410 Pounds so ...

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