Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from British Gas

Nigel Lawson: Margaret Thatcher’s ‘unassailable’ chancellor who quit in acrimony

Chancellor from 1983 to 1989, he was widely credited with winning the 1987 election for the government through the success of his economic strategy.

The Independent UK

Over one million British Gas pre-payment customers get lower bills

The energy supplier has implemented a major pre-payment change ahead of schedule

Manchester Evening News

SNP MP slams school attended by Humza Yousaf and Anas Sarwar over 'fire and rehire tactics'

Hutchesons’ Grammar School in the southside of Glasgow includes the new First Minister and the leader of Scottish Labour among its former pupils.

Daily Record

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘This system does not work’: Why vulnerable energy customers face a battle just to get help

Priority services registers – energy firm’s own lists of at-risk households – are vital to protect people. But it’s extremely hard to find them, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK

Judges to rule on High Court challenge over sale of energy company Bulb

Scottish Power, British Gas and Eon have claimed that the sale of the collapsed company to Octopus was unfair.

The Independent UK

British Gas cuts energy bills by £15 for prepayment meter customers from April

One million British Gas customers on energy prepayment meters will save around £15 as British Gas cuts its penalty three months early

The Money Edit

Over one million UK households to see cheaper energy bills from this weekend

Those on a prepayment meter with British Gas will soon pay the same as direct debit customers for gas, with the same discount for electricity remaining.

Daily Record

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Over one million households will have lower energy bills from THIS weekend

From Saturday, prepayment meter customers with British Gas will pay as much as direct debit customers for gas and keep the same current discount for electricity prepayment meters

Daily Mirror

One million British Gas customers to have their bills reduced within days

The change comes into effect from Saturday

Manchester Evening News

More than one million British Gas customers will have lower bills from this weekend

The move brings pre-payment meters in line with those paying by direct debit

Wales Online

British Gas, Scottish Power and OVO slammed over 'horrifying' prepayment meter installations

British Gas, Scottish Power, and OVO energy were responsible for 70 per cent of forced installations last year, according to government figures

Manchester Evening News

British Gas, Scottish Power and Ovo make up 70% of forced meter installations

Just three energy companies were responsible for 70 per cent of prepayment meters forcibly installed in homes last year, according to new figures.

Evening Standard

UK energy firms forcibly installed 94,000 prepayment meters last year

Scottish Power, British Gas and Ovo responsible for 70% of forced installations, government says

The Guardian - UK

British Gas and Octopus to boost payments for customers saving electricity tonight

The National Grid's Demand Flexibility Service launched in November and will soon be coming to an end

Manchester Evening News

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Money Edit

Energy supplier switching: move supplier and get up to £75

A number of energy suppliers are looking to draw in new customers and are offering incentives if you switch to them. We look at how much you can bag when you move to another supplier, what it involves and if it is worth it.

The Guardian - UK

The absurd arithmetic behind Centrica boss’s bonus

Last year Chris O’Shea spurned his annual bonus, this year he’s taking the full whack. What’s changed?

The Guardian - UK

Boss of British Gas owner sparks outrage with £4.5m pay packet

Chris O’Shea told to examine his conscience amid investigation into treatment of vulnerable customers

Evening Standard

Boss of British Gas owner sees pay increase fivefold to £4.5m

Chris O’Shea’s remuneration package rose significantly last year, partly because he had waived his right to a bonus the year before

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Budget 2023: Four million households to see energy bills slashed under new prepayment help

From July, prepay customers will no longer pay more than direct debit households as part of new help confirmed today in the Budget by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

Daily Mirror

British Gas refuses to admit prepayment meter failings leaving MPs 'astonished'

Energy companies faced a dramatic grilling by MPs following reports of debt collectors forcibly breaking into vulnerable customers' homes to fit prepayment meters

The Guardian - UK

Ban on forced prepayment meters will continue beyond March, says Ofgem

Head of Great Britain’s energy regulator tells MPs installations will not resume without adherence to forthcoming code of practice

Birmingham Post

British Gas owner Centrica extends life of Lancashire nuclear power station

The power station will now close in March 2026, two years later than originally planned

Daily Mirror

More than four million struggling households set to see their energy bills slashed

From July, prepayment meters customers will no longer pay more than direct debit households, in a move the treasury says will save households £45 a year

The Guardian - UK

British Gas debt agents made third of all applications to force-fit prepay meters

Exclusive: Arvato, which fitted the meters in England and Wales, made 122,536 requests and had only 11 rejected

Chronicle Live

10 money-saving tricks that could cut hundreds off your household bills

From energy and council tax to internet and mobile - there's savings to be made on your bills

1 … 9 10 11 12

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.