Broadband speeds have risen across the UK, but one in five postcodes still suffer from super-slow service, new figures from comparison site uSwitch.com show.
The average household energy bill will become unaffordable if pricing trends continue, leaving the vulnerable forced to turn off their heating, research from comparison site uSwitch.com reveals.
Co-operative Energy will supply gas and electricity for the first 30,000 households to sign up to 'The Big Switch', the nationwide collective campaign from consumer group Which?.
Ovo Energy has bucked the trend of falling gas and electricity prices by announcing up to 90,000 of its customers face a hike in their bills. But will the big six follow, which would hit millions of households?
Households who took out a cheap fixed price energy deal last summer are likely to be quids in despite recent announcements of price cuts by the major firms, according to comparison site uSwitch.com.