The Government has today confirmed that it will “carefully consider” the costed and practical proposals for freeing mortgage prisoners put forward in the recently published report by the LSE.
Around two million people across the UK use fuels such as heating oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), coal or biomass to heat their homes. The majority should have received their £200 support payment in February from their electricity supplier, but if not, you can now apply for the payment.
Next month’s 20% energy bill rise is now likely to be scrapped by the Government, as energy firms are preparing for it not to go ahead.
From Monday 3 April, the cost of 1st class stamps will be hiked to £1.10, while 2nd class stamps will increase to 75p.
Millions more households on low incomes may now be able to get Virgin Media’s discounted broadband social tariffs, as the provider has expanded the list of qualifying benefits and made it easier to sign up.
Now has increased the price of its monthly Boost (which enables ad-free viewing) and Sports memberships by £1 each a month.
A landmark new report published today puts forward costed solutions to the horror of the situation facing up to 200,000 mortgage prisoners, who have been trapped on high rates after their loans were sold by the state to ‘closed book’ inactive lenders.
Under the Energy Price Cap and Energy Price Guarantee almost every tariff has been charged at the same price in recent months, but there are now two tariffs from Octopus Energy worth considering – ‘Agile Octopus’ and ‘Octopus Tracker’. The Tracker tariff has a six-month waiting list, so we’re focusing on Agile for now. It’s not...
The energy price cap will fall by 23% in April 2023, to £3,280/year for a typical household. However, this is not hugely impactful, as energy bills are currently controlled by the energy price guarantee (EPG) – and this is set to rise by 20% from 1 April.
Buy now, pay later provider Klarna will start charging borrowers who miss repayments fees of up to £5 from next month.
