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‘It’s been a revelation’: how heat pumps can cool your home as temperatures soar

It might seem an unlikely way to stop overheating, but many owners have found the tech a lifeline in hot weather

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12

Heat pumps could become cheaper to run than gas boilers under energy shake-up

Proposed reforms to household energy bills could narrow the price gap between electricity and gas, potentially making efficient heat pumps cheaper to run than gas boilers

The Independent UK · Jul 23

What will Andy Burnham’s VAT cut on electricity bills mean for you?

New prime minister is implementing immediate tax cut to help ease cost of living pressures for British households

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21

UK junk food ad ban so diluted it may be largely ineffective, experts say

Exclusive: Report suggests only 1% of annual spend on food and drink adverts will be affected after industry lobbying

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10

What are the innovations in technology that will change everyday life in 2026?

From potholes to advertising on home appliances, there are signs of how technology could change people’s lives this year

Evening Standard · Jan 5

Rachel Reeves’s 5% VAT cut on electricity bills will backfire, experts say

Critics believe cut would mostly benefit better-off people with larger homes and increase carbon emissions

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2025

Engineers urged to sign up to heat pump ‘giveaway’ for their homes

Experts said heat pumps were more efficient than gas boilers

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025

Heating engineers urged to sign up to heat pump ‘giveaway’ for their own homes

The ‘start at home’ initiative aims to boost roll out of the clean technology that will be key to phasing out fossil fuel home heating.

Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2025

Weight-loss jabs are not enough to tackle the obesity crisis, experts warn

THE UK’S OBESITY CHALLENGE : Weight-loss drug Mounjaro will be rolled out to a quarter of a million NHS patients. But leading experts tell Rebecca Thomas and Alicja Hagopian that weight-loss jabs alone will not be enough to solve the obesity crisis

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2025

True cost of the UK’s obesity crisis revealed – and how weight-loss jabs could be the answer

SPECIAL REPORT: The UK has an obesity epidemic, with levels having doubled since the 1990s. Could increasing the rollout of weight-loss drugs ease the burden on the overstretched NHS? Alicja Hagopian and Rebecca Thomas report

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2025