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Weekend press round-up: Suppliers stop clawing back debts via PPMs

In our latest round-up of the weekend press, suppliers stop clawing back debts from customers on prepayment meters, an energy boss warns high energy bills are here to stay and Anglian Water is fined £500,000 after sewage discharges led to the death of thousands of fish.

Skidmore: EPC ‘does not work for net zero’

Sector cannot be complacent with £2,500 price cap forecast

One in four borrowing to pay energy bills

Nearly a quarter of people are borrowing to pay energy bills, according to a new poll. The results show that more than half (53%) of those borrowing to pay utility bills said they had never had to do so before.

Charity calls for review of all PPM users

It’s time to stop forcing people onto prepayment meters – here’s why

Dissatisfaction rises among business water customers

Poll highlights worrying knowledge gap on water usage

Hunt unveils slimmed down business support scheme

Reduced gas consumption saved government £260m in December

Weekend press round-up: Energy bill support for firms to be cut

In our latest review of sector coverage in the national media, there are multiple reports that the government will announce reduced support for business energy bills today, as trade bodies warn of the strain their members are under. Meanwhile, an influential Conservative committee has called for communities living near new onshore wind and solar farms to be given 100% discounts on their energy bills and there are warnings that England faces further droughts this summer.

Banning PPM switches would be a ‘problematic’ solution

Is PR24 destined to repeat the mistakes of PR19?

Appeal court to rule on Ofwat sewage spill challenge

Ofgem redistributes just 0.7% of RO funds from failed retailers   

Hunt: Business energy bills support is ‘unsustainably expensive’

Ofgem’s discretionary approach to ringfencing is ‘worrying’

Drought key 2023 focus for CCW

Price cap forecasts fall below EPG

Net zero delays could cost UK £39bn