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E.on Next offers up to 50% off October’s energy price cap to existing customers on low incomes – who can get it?

E.on Next offers up to 50% off October’s energy price cap to existing customers on low incomes – who can get it? E.on Next is offering a social energy tariff to vulnerable consumers (image: Getty Images)

E.on Next has unveiled a support scheme that will give existing customers on low incomes up to 50% off the rate of the new Ofgem energy price cap until next spring. Starting when the new Ofgem rate kicks in on Sunday 1 October, the Winter Affordability Support Scheme will run until 31 March 2024. The […]

Cost of living payment: second payment date confirmed

Cost of living payment: second payment date confirmed

Millions of households are set to receive £300 from next month in the next batch of cost of living support payments. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that the payments will take place between 31 October and 19 November 2023. This is the second of three cost of living payments, which will […]

Help with energy costs: what can you do if you can’t pay your energy bill?

Help with energy costs: what can you do if you can’t pay your energy bill?

Charities have warned MPs that millions of vulnerable households will struggle to heat their homes this winter. While the energy price cap will drop by 7% from 1 October, most will still be paying more than last winter when you factor in the Government’s £400 energy bills rebate all households received then. Without that it’ll […]

Octopus buying Shell Energy: What does this mean if you’re a Shell Energy customer?

Octopus buying Shell Energy: What does this mean if you’re a Shell Energy customer?

One in four UK homes could be powered by Octopus Energy after it announced a deal to buy Shell Energy. This would make it the second largest energy supplier in the UK, after Centrica. So what does this mean for you if you’re a Shell customer for energy or broadband? Shell Energy UK has around […]