The Latest Breaking News from Ofgem

Ofgem records big rise in households with prepayment meters being cut off

Data shows significant increases in ‘self-disconnections’ among gas and electricity customers in first quarter

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2023

Martin Lewis issues huge energy bills update that could help save you money

The Money Saving Expert website posted an article today which highlighted Ofgem's new request for energy suppliers to publish details about all of their energy tariffs

Daily Mirror · Jul 7, 2023

August dates for DWP cost of living payments, benefits and pensions

Food inflation lodged at 18.4 per cent, ONS warns, but supermarkets expect prices to begin to fall

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023

British Gas customers urged to act before July 14 - or risk being overcharged for energy

British Gas customers should submit a meter reading as soon as possible, following a change in the Ofgem price cap, otherwise the UK energy provider will estimate their usage

Daily Mirror · Jul 6, 2023

August dates for DWP cost of living payments, benefits and pensions

Food inflation lodged at 18.4 per cent, ONS warns, but supermarkets expect prices to begin to fall

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023

July dates for DWP cost of living payments, benefits and pensions

Food prices increasing at their fastest rate in almost 45 years, ONS has warned

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023

All of the fixed-rate energy deals right now - OVO, EON, British Gas, EDF & more

Ofgem's energy price cap has recently been reintroduced - prompting a number of suppliers to bring back cheaper fixed-rate reals which went missing after the global energy crisis.

Chronicle Live · Jul 5, 2023

Regulators including Ofgem use codes of practice to curb bad behaviour by businesses –– how to tell if this works

UK energy regulator Ofgem wants to make its voluntary code of practice on prepayment meters compulsory. It introduced the code in April 2022 to protect people from being forced onto prepayment meters for gas and electricity.

The Conversation · Jul 5, 2023

Full list of fixed rate energy deals available right now including Octopus, EDF and Ovo

The reintroduction of Ofgem's price cap has prompted some suppliers to bring back cheaper fixed deals -most of them for existing customers - which disappeared following the energy crisis

Daily Mirror · Jul 5, 2023

August dates for DWP cost of living payments, benefits and pensions

Food inflation lodged at 18.4 per cent, ONS warns, but supermarkets expect prices to begin to fall

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2023