#budget Gas Standing Charges - a household using 7,000 kWh of gas a year could be about £40 better off under these changes, while a home using 14,000 kWh could be £25 worse off - Uswitch

#budget We need proper modelling and monitoring of whether a higher unit cost will deter low income households from using the amount of energy they need to stay safe - End Fuel Poverty Coalition

#budget gas standing charges will be scrapped from 2027 “or as soon as possible after” - Treasury

#budget We estimate that 86% of the poorest households will be better off with gas standing charges abolished , compared with only 24% of the wealthiest.

#budget a majority of people (61%) view standing charges as unfair - Ofgem

#budget Gas Standing Charges -threshold where policy increases bills is around 12,400 kWh, but majority of homes (64%) use less gas than that. Typical household (using only 9,500 kWh of gas) would expect to save around £27 per year under this policy.

#budget 60-64% of households will save through ending gas standing charges - between £27 and £45 a year says NESTA research organisation

CAA safety alert as many passengers put unsuitable gadgets in checked -in luggage : Power banks, phones, tablets, laptops and vapes containing lithium batteries must be carried in the cabin.

Radio 4 consumer prog “You and Yours” set to be cut “The BBC has been inundated with thousands of messages protesting the loss of this specialist consumer programme - which has changed laws and lives” @NUJofficial

Some popular M&S products in this safety alert: Greencore recalls several products due to the presence of Salmonella bit.ly/47sRge9

Very sad to see BBC is cutting the Radio 4 consumer show “You and Yours”We’ve never been more in need of consumer journalism

Diesel falls to 199.98p a litre average , but still costs around £110 to fill a typical 55-litre tank - as wholesale costs fall by at least 6p (AA)

Most vapers don’t know about the new vape tax coming in today. See @itvnews

USA reaction to our sky high diesel prices m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvci-k…

UK diesel prices have reached a new record high, with the average price at UK forecourts rising to 200.01p per litre, according to the latest data from PetrolPrices.com.

Energy prices: The price cap is expected to rise by 16% compared to October, reaching £1,999 a year for a typical dual-fuel household in January 2027.

diesel wholesale costs didn’t hit the peak of 2022….Yet, pump-price average has topped the previous record” AA

The average price of a litre of diesel has now reached the highest level in UK history at 199.18p

diesel prices set to get even higher “the recent increases in wholesale costs have not yet been fully reflected at the pump and motorists could face further increases if wholesale prices remain elevated” says Petrolprices.com