Why are gas and electricity prices going up again?
Once again the major energy suppliers are warning explicitly that the prices they charge will have to increase, with EDF and British Gas already having announced price rises.The suppliers say they are simply having to pay more for gas on the wholesale gas markets and that they have no alternative but to pass on this rise to customers. From the BBC

LESS - making a difference

Since the start of the schemes, over 650 households in West Dunbartonshire and over 350 in Inverclyde have taken advantage of them. 

The Scottish Government is launching a new Energy Assistance Package on 6 April 2009.

 

British Gas to cut prices by 10% (from the BBC)

British Gas has said that more than seven million households will benefit after it cut its standard tariff gas prices by 10%.

LESS is now in Inverclyde !

From November 2008, LESS has been operating in Inverclyde.

Million more suffer fuel poverty - BBC 2/10/08

The number of households in fuel poverty in the UK rose to 3.5 million in 2006, government figures show.
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