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When is the £400 winter fuel payment due?

Households will start receiving money off their energy bills from October

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

All the cost of living help available and how to get the payment

Poorer households are expected to be hardest-hit, while eldery people have reported having to choose between heating or eating

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

Cost of living scams: What to look out for and how to get help as fraudsters target relief payment

Dodgy texts, calls and emails on the rise as UK economic outlook becomes ever bleaker

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

Warning over cost of living scams looking to steal your money

The scams come in texts and emails

Liverpool Echo · Oct 19, 2022

Energy help you can claim now - including £1,500 grant and money to replace your boiler

The new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed the Energy Price Guarantee - which is a universal scheme that covers everyone on a variable rate tariff - will be cut from April

Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022

Full list of the places hit with biggest energy bill increases - see where your town sits

Some areas of the UK are paying more for their energy than others, with people in the capital facing some of the biggest increases despite not being among the coldest parts of the country

Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022

Martin Lewis explains how much energy bills could rise by next year in grim forecast

MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis has shared the latest prediction from analysts at Cornwall Insight following an announcement from new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022

Why the energy price cap isn’t what it seems

Liz Truss initially moved to rein in runaway household bills caused by rising global gas prices, only for new chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut short government aid

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022

Warning energy bills could hit £5,000 next year as Jeremy Hunt scales back help

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt yesterday confirmed the Energy Price Guarantee scheme will only run as a universal help for all households until April 2023 - after this, it will become targeted

Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022

All the cost of living help available and how to get the payment

Poorer households are expected to be hardest-hit, while eldery people have reported having to choose between heating or eating

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022