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Minister rejects call to cut VAT on energy bills

Energy minister Greg Hands has rejected calls by Labour to cut VAT on energy bills because any help it provided would be “very untargeted”. He said, with other schemes such as the Warm Home Discount already in place to help vulnerable and elderly people: “The government have got the policy right.”

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Government and Ofgem need new vision for retail market

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Plans to shift policy costs off electricity bills ‘too slow’

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Making sustainability cost effective

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Tributes paid following death of ESB operations chief

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Ofgem announces double supplier failure

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Monthly electricity switches drop to lowest level since 2012

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Outfox the Market applies to become gas shipper

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Weekend press round-up: Third of remaining suppliers at risk of collapse

In the latest round-up of the weekend’s industry news there is a report in The Telegraph that a third of the UK’s remaining energy suppliers are at “imminent risk” of collapse. Elsewhere the government is accused of sending out bad advice on energy bills. Meanwhile, businesses give their verdict on the COP26 deal.

4 years ago

Explore your expected winter risks with an outlook from DTN

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Energy crisis will take retail market to ‘a better place’

The recent turmoil caused by the global spike in gas prices will ultimately be “hugely beneficial” for the energy retail market, an industry analyst has claimed. Martin Young, senior analyst at Investec, said the crisis, which has contributed to the failure of more than 20 suppliers so far this year, should “hopefully mark the end of this insane desire for switching for switching’s sake.”

4 years ago