Ireland announces support for winter energy bills

Ireland’s Government will offer support to households and businesses, assisting with winter energy bills amid “slow price drops”

Government urged to offer energy bill support this winter

Energy suppliers and consumer groups are calling on the government to implement targeted support, including a possible social tariff to help millions of vulnerable energy customers facing high bills

Energy industry responds to new energy price cap

The industry has welcomed the fall in the energy price cap, however, it highlighted that energy bills will still be nearly double what they were just 18 months ago

Energy Institute and MoneySavingExpert launch energy saving tool

It shows users how they can save hundreds on household appliances for free

Suppliers meet with charities to propose additional help for customers

The group agreed to work on a series of immediate changes that can be implemented as soon as possible

New energy club to alert households on cheapest deals

A new energy club vowing to keep consumers on the cheapest deal by constantly monitoring their tariff was launched this week. Martin Lewis, founder of MoneySavingExpert.com said his new venture called the ‘Cheap Energy Club’ (CheapEnergyClub.com) could shift the balance of power in the consumer’s favour. The website will check the tariffs people are on […]

Language of price comparison sites ‘wrong’

The language that energy price comparison sites use is “wrong” and it doesn’t save consumers any money. That’s according to Martin Lewis, a financial journalist and creator of moneysavingexpert.com, who made the comment during a debate on energy tariffs on BBC Radio 5 live yesterday. He said: “The language of comparison sites is wrong. They […]

Government holds crunch talks with industry

Prime Minister David Cameron and Energy Secretary Chris Huhne are holding emergency talks with energy industry heads today by way of reducing the impact on customers’ bills, which have increased by more than £100 for most people since the summer. Writing today on the moneysavingexpert website, the duo say: “We can’t control volatile world energy […]