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Consumers could see their bills swell by £171 on average after the end of their fixed deals

A new report found the fixed available budget and the ‘first come, first served’ nature of the scheme are the main reasons for a £325 million shortfall

A new study found two-thirds – or 17.7m – of households are turning up their thermostats to more than 20°C while 2.7m households are turning up the heat to 25°C or more – hotter than Tenerife at present

An estimated 1.9 million households plan to spend less on food in order to be able to pay for their energy bills, according to a report

Citizens in Northern towns and cities are almost twice as savvy as Londoners, according to a report

Energy consumption for cooking, television watching and dishwasher use is set to fall, saving each household around £104 a year, according to a new report

Almost 1.5 million homes will be hit by price hikes unless they change to a new fixed tariff, according to a new report

The lockdown has prevented meter readers from visiting properties, ‘hiding’ the fact energy use is estimated to have risen by £16 a month

That’s according to new research from Uswitch, which notes as winter ends, 46% of households are due a refund from their energy provider

Around 47 deals are scheduled to run out at the end of January, which means many customers will be rolled on to default tariffs that are usually much higher