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Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day
By Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
Grid operator is paying huge sums to switch off windfarms in areas of excess electricity generation while turning on gas plants elsewhere
#Business #UKnews #Energybills #Consumeraffairs #Householdbills #Windpower #Energy #Renewableenergy #Energyindustry #Ofgem #TheGuardian #JillianAmbroseEnergycorrespondent
Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/15/cost-of-balancing-great-britain-power-grid-50m-daily #Business #UkNews #EnergyBills #ConsumerAffairs #HouseholdBills #WindPower #Energy #RenewableEnergy #EnergyIndustry #Ofgem
UK economy unexpectedly grows 0.1% in August despite fall in consumer spending
By Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent
Latest data comes just two weeks before chancellor’s budget looks to help consumers traverse the cost of living crisis
#EconomicgrowthGDP #Economics #Business #Budget #Budget2026 #UKnews #USIsraelwaronIran #Energybills #Globaleconomy #Inflation #UKcostoflivingcrisis #Householdbills #Money #JohnHealey #Consumerspending #OfficeforNationalStatistics #Familyfinances #TheGuardian #RichardPartingtonSenioreconomicscorrespondent
UK economy unexpectedly grows 0.1% in August despite fall in consumer spending https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/15/uk-economy-unexpectedly-grows-01-in-august-despite-fuel-hit-to-household-budgets #EconomicGrowthGdp #Economics #Business #Budget #Budget2026 #UkNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #EnergyBills #GlobalEconomy #Inflation #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #HouseholdBills #Money #JohnHealey #ConsumerSpending #OfficeForNationalStatistics #FamilyFinances
UK households have paid extra £13,961 on bills since 2021 amid soaring inflation, TUC says
By Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent
Trades Union Congress urges chancellor to tackle rising additional living costs in this month’s budget
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/15/uk-households-extra-bills-inflation-tuc
#UKcostoflivingcrisis #Householdbills #Inflation #TUC #Budget2026 #JohnHealey #Taxandspending #Politics #Business #UKnews #Money #TheGuardian #RichardPartingtonSenioreconomicscorrespondent
UK households have paid extra £13,961 on bills since 2021 amid soaring inflation, TUC says https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/15/uk-households-extra-bills-inflation-tuc #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #HouseholdBills #Inflation #Tuc #Budget2026 #JohnHealey #TaxAndSpending #Politics #Business #UkNews #Money
The UK energy secretary is flirting with a bad idea for bills – the ‘rising block tariff’
By Nils Pratley
There are many reasons to ignore this affordability ‘solution’, not least it being complex and fiddly. Just keep things simple
#UKcostoflivingcrisis #Energyindustry #Energybills #Fuelpoverty #Poverty #Business #Consumeraffairs #Householdbills #Money #Familyfinances #MiattaFahnbulleh #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #NilsPratley
English and Welsh water firms could be forced to return £107m via lower bills
By Jasper Jolly and Lauren Almeida
Yorkshire and Thames among providers facing penalties for missing performance targets, but bills could rise elsewhere
#Waterindustry #Waterbills #Regulators #Utilities #Householdbills #Business #Consumeraffairs #Money #England #Wales #TheGuardian #JasperJolly #LaurenAlmeida
Energy bills through the roof? Five signs your house is leaking heat
By Zoe Wood
From finding draughts to buying a thermal leak detector – there are simple, cost-effective ways to start sorting heat loss
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/oct/14/energy-bills-roof-house-leaking-heat
#Energybills #Householdbills #Consumeraffairs #Money #Energyindustry #Business #UKnews #TheGuardian #ZoeWood
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