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Catherine Furze

Energy saving tips that will save you money - and others which are a waste of time

Everyone is an energy-saving expert now, and everyone is keen to share their tips and tricks to keep heating bills down as we go into the colder, winter months.

The problems is, some myths have gained traction regardless of its validity during this cost of living crisis, with people claiming they are saving vast sums of money by adopting a trick, or hack, they have read or been told about. As some of the suggestions involve spending money to potentially save money, we thought it was time to take a look at some of the more popular money-saving suggestions doing the rounds and see whether there was actually any truth behind them.

From putting tin foil behind your radiator to the age-old debate on weather it's cheaper to have your heating on all the time, we turned to the Energy Saving Trust to see what it thought.

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