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Government must stop dithering over energy bill support for the vulnerable | Nils Pratley (opens the original)
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Ministers should introduce a properly targeted social tariff rather than tinker with the warm homes discount Energy bills forecast to jump by £276 a year from January What to do as prices head for £2,000 a year After the hopeful good vibes in Liverpool, here comes a reminder of what is coming this winter: a mighty new year shock in energy bills, hitting the poorest hardest, that the government looks unprepared for. From the quarterly price cap level of £1,723 that will apply from Thursday for an
Burnhamâs electricity grid idea is interesting â but itâs not âpublic controlâ (opens the original)
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For all the talk, the real value of GB Grid lies in giving the regulator perfect data to drive down costs What is Burnhamâs GB Grid plan and could it bring down energy bills? Did share prices shudder as Andy Burnham unveiled Great British Grid (GBG) as a public sector challenger to the trio of private sector firms that own and operate the electricity grid? Not exactly. National Grid and SSE, the two listed in London, were down by about 0.5%, in line with the wider market. That mild reaction lo
Labourâs modest reheat of help to buy is worth a try | Nils Pratley (opens the original)
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Turning to George Osborneâs playbook may look awkward, but cutting deposits to 2.5% could jolt a housebuilding sector stuck in a funk What you need to know about Your First Home scheme There may be three reasons why the Labour government has hesitated until now to reheat the Toriesâ decade-long help-to-buy scheme. First, the inflationary risks of throwing subsidies at the housing market at a moment when wider inflation, driven by energy prices and the Iran war, is on the march. Second, the p
Vistry is the laggard in a housebuilding sector full of cracks | Nils Pratley (opens the original)
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Group shrinks ambitions from 20,000 to just 12,000 homes a year in an attempt to balance the books The entire housebuilding sector is in a funk, grumbling about energy prices, the cost of labour, regulation, planning delays, taxes and more, but few have messed up a bad hand quite like Vistry. Three years ago this mashup of the Bovis, Linden and Countryside brands aspired to build 20,000 houses a year, and made itself the darling of the incoming Labour government by betting big on “affordable mix
The âgreat grid upgradeâ is off track â ministers should spell out the risks for bills | Nils Pratley (opens the original)
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National Audit Office calls for greater transparency on £70bn programme that is running over budget and behind schedule Speed up electricity grid upgrade or else face higher bills, warns UK watchdog Itâs an open secret in the energy industry that âthe great grid upgradeâ â the £70bn programme to rewire the nationâs electricity transmission network to enable clean power by 2030 â is running over budget and behind schedule, and may end up costing consumers and businesses more in thei
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