Electricity bills will rise twice next year, according to forecasts. The cap, currently £1,717 a year, will rise to £1,738 from 1 January 2025 and is expected to rise to £1,782 from April 2025.
That’s the bad news. The better news is that the current prices are in the clear – and the regulator is saying that next winter, the energy companies should be allowed to fail.
This week, Lee Boyce, Simon Lambert and Georgie Frost talk about energy – do you need to fix it, are prices right, and are freebies to blame for rising bills next year?
Cash usage is on the rise, and it comes as half of Europeans say they have had trouble paying bills in the past year. When was the last time you spent money physically – do you wonder if it was lost?
Fences and furniture are the name of the game with our two reading questions this week.
Storm Darragh recently wreaked havoc across the country and for some, property was in dire straits. So who is responsible for repairing a broken fence?
Finally a question about IHT: We are funding our pension to avoid inheritance tax: What is the best way to pass the money on to our daughters?
After all, Lee hasn’t won a Big Money award in two and a half years. He says he is ‘soaping’ – short for ‘holding on for dear life’ – a popular slang term in the crypto world. But should it be?
