It’s only when you put on your bifocals and go beyond page 8 of your average broadsheet, or listen...
Energy prices
“Liz Truss caps energy bills until 2024”
As you might expect, the announcement of something, certainly much better than nothing, had a good...
“Energy prices ‘will force many to sell up and downsize’”
Energy prices are, apparently, likely to go back down, as ‘supply-side’ issues are sorted out....
“Chancellor tells public to cut back as energy prices rocket”
Various of the governments we’ve had since 2010 have employed various experts at various times to...
“Gordon Brown says energy firms unable to offer lower bills should be temporarily re-nationalised”
OK, he left office with the reputation as the man who broke the government bank, but he actually...
“Tory ‘bull’ on cost of living ‘national crisis’ risks lives”
I have on occasions found MoneySavingExpert Martin Lewis a tad annoying, especially in his old...
“‘Insult to millions’: Shell and Centrica profits cause outrage as energy bills soar”
The theory behind re-privatising the utilities was that the efficiencies of the commercial world...
“Amid the petrol crisis, is it time to switch to an electric car?”
My journey west to find the Coast Path was the first proper test for my electric car. And here’s...
“Two more UK energy suppliers stop trading on gas price hit”
I jumped on the bandwagon 20 years or so ago, shopped around and changed my ‘phone provider from...