18 January, 2023
17 January, 2023
12 January, 2023
Citizens Advice warns that situation is so acute that energy companies must now review all prepayment meter users and commit to install credit meters where necessary to remove risk of disconnection
11 January, 2023
9 January, 2023
Resolution Foundation also highlights that, even if the cost of living crisis ended today, the adverse and unequal impacts it has had would persist
4 January, 2023
New Resolution Foundation research also finds that almost half of disabled adults have had to cut back on fuel this winter, compared to almost a third of those without a disability
3 January, 2023
21 December, 2022
19 December, 2022
New measures include a single £600 payment for households in Northern Ireland and a £200 payment for households in Great Britain that use alternative fuels
15 December, 2022
New scheme expected to incorporate provision for both a Breathing Space and Statutory Debt Repayment Plan
14 December, 2022
Measures announced in response to 2018 consultation also include giving courts broader range of sanctioning powers, including fines, to punish enforcement agents who behave inappropriately
13 December, 2022
Private Members Bill will remove the need to apply to the courts for liability orders but will retain a right of appeal to safeguard paying parents
9 December, 2022
Proposals to modernise the regulation of consumer lending update consumer protections 'to ensure they work well in a modern and increasingly digital economy’
9 December, 2022
8 December, 2022
Commitments made during meeting with Chancellor and FCA also include enabling customers to switch to more competitive mortgage deals and providing information where mortgage rate is due to end
6 December, 2022
1 December, 2022
However, Minister says his 'aspiration and aim' is for payments to be issued in January 2023
29 November, 2022
Coalition warns that such action represents 'disconnection by the back door' and leaves vulnerable people at an even higher risk of the very worst effects of living in a cold damp home this winter
28 November, 2022
Questioning whether people most in need will receive the full relief they are entitled to, Peers invite the House to press the government on the issue
