Households that spend around £50 a week on takeaway, have a 450% higher annual carbon footprint than those who don’t, study finds

Consumers could see their bills swell by £171 on average after the end of their fixed deals

A new report found the fixed available budget and the ‘first come, first served’ nature of the scheme are the main reasons for a £325 million shortfall

A new study found two-thirds – or 17.7m – of households are turning up their thermostats to more than 20°C while 2.7m households are turning up the heat to 25°C or more – hotter than Tenerife at present

An estimated 1.9 million households plan to spend less on food in order to be able to pay for their energy bills, according to a report

Citizens in Northern towns and cities are almost twice as savvy as Londoners, according to a report

Energy consumption for cooking, television watching and dishwasher use is set to fall, saving each household around £104 a year, according to a new report

Almost 1.5 million homes will be hit by price hikes unless they change to a new fixed tariff, according to a new report

The lockdown has prevented meter readers from visiting properties, ‘hiding’ the fact energy use is estimated to have risen by £16 a month

That’s according to new research from Uswitch, which notes as winter ends, 46% of households are due a refund from their energy provider