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British Gas has broken a much-publicised promise to keep hundreds of thousands of customers off expensive standard tariffs and give them lower bills, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.

SSE has become the last of the big six energy firms to hike prices to the maximum allowed under the new cap on standard variable tariffs (SVTs) – hitting customers with an average 10.3% price rise from Monday 1 April.

Millions of British Gas and Scottish Power customers will see their gas and electricity prices rise by more than 10% on average from Monday 1 April – if you're affected, ACT NOW to beat the rise.

Npower has become the third big six supplier to increase its energy prices to the maximum allowed under the new cap on standard variable tariffs (SVTs) – hitting customers with an average 10.3% price rise from Monday 1 April. 

Utilita has been appointed by the energy regulator Ofgem to take on Our Power's 38,000 domestic customers after the firm stopped trading.

Our Power, an energy supplier with about 38,000 domestic customers, has stopped trading. If you're a customer, your energy supply will continue as normal – here's what else you need to know.

Temperatures are plunging, the heating's set higher – but you could qualify to get £100s off your energy bill this winter.

The energy regulator has stepped in to stop tens of thousands of former customers of the failed supplier Economy Energy from being moved to the provider E (Gas and Electricity), it announced today.

A new plan to pay households with solar panels for the excess electricity they produce has been announced by the Government – but it won't come in before April, when the current scheme ends.

Energy firm Outfox the Market is cancelling its new seasonal direct debit policy following a raft of complaints over the planned move which would have seen most customers pay 40% more during the winter months.