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Energy bills: what to do as prices head for £2,000 a year, from switching deals to insulating (opens the original)
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The price cap is to soar for about 20 million households in Great Britain from January, but there are ways to save Energy bills in Great Britain forecast to jump by £276 a year from January Household energy prices are set to soar in January, with a typical bill forecast to jump by £276 to the equivalent of nearly £2,000 year. It is a worrying outlook but there are practical steps you can take to mitigate the predicted price shock.
Energy bills: what to do as prices head for £2,000 a year, from switching deals to insulating - AOL (opens the original)
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Household energy prices are set to soar in January, with a typical bill forecast to jump by £276 to the equivalent of nearly £2,000 year. It is a worrying outlook but there are practical steps you can take to mitigate the predicted price shock. “Switching energy tariff to a well-priced fixed deal is the biggest lever households on the price cap can pull to bring their costs down right now,” says Richard Neudegg, the director of regulation at Uswitch. About 20 million households in England, Scotl
High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds - AOL (opens the original)
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Motorists buying a secondhand car with a lot of miles on the clock are likely to find an electric vehicle (EV) ultimately more reliable than a petrol vehicle, according to a study. An analysis of 47.4m MOT tests found that after cars were driven 90,000 to 120,000 miles, EVs were about 25% less likely to fail than petrol models of the same age (based on a failure rate of 16.5% versus 22.1%). Beyond 120,000 miles, 16% of EVs failed, compared with 23.5% of petrol cars. The study found relatively li
UK credit scores: should you worry about a big shake-up? (opens the original)
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Your rating is vital when taking on debt, but you could be in for a surprise as a big player changes its rules Your credit score is the magic number that helps lenders decide whether or not to approve a mortgage, loan or credit card application. Typically, the higher the number, the better your borrowing prospects. But a shake-up of the scoring system at TransUnion, one of the UK’s three main credit reference agencies, could mean a shock next time you log in. Previously, TransUnion’s top score w
UK credit scores: should you worry about a big shake-up? - AOL (opens the original)
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Your credit score is the magic number that helps lenders decide whether or not to approve a mortgage, loan or credit card application. Typically, the higher the number, the better your borrowing prospects. But a shake-up of the scoring system at TransUnion, one of the UK’s three main credit reference agencies, could mean a shock next time you log in. Previously, TransUnion’s top score was 710, but later this month it will start rolling out a wider range, rating you out of 999. And while the chan
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