For most people living on the gas grid, heating oil feels like a relic — a faint memory of metal tanks behind farmhouses, the smell of kerosene on cold mornings, the quiet dread of watching the gauge sink towards empty. Yet for around 1.5–1.7 million households across the UK, oil is not a curiosity but … Continue reading
Four of the UK’s so-called ‘big six’ energy suppliers have recently announced plans to put up their prices. SSE, British Gas, Npower and Scottish Power are hiking their domestic charges by as much as 10 per cent from the middle of next month. The ConDem coalition doesn’t seem to care about old people facing a … Continue reading