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Prime Minister Liz Truss

Truss sets out plan to shield households and firms from energy price crisis

Insulation being installed in a loft

Insulation the ‘big omission’ in package to bring down energy costs

Cost of living crisis

Energy bills plan will rein in soaring inflation, but come at a ‘massive’ cost

Energy costs

Energy plan will ‘bring immediate relief’, but suppliers call for more action

Drinks being poured in a pub

Soaring energy costs could leave towns without nightlife, industry warns

A central heating thermostat

‘Serious leaks’ in households’ finances remain, despite new energy price cap

Cazoo cuts 750 staff amid car market closures across Europe

Cazoo cuts 750 staff amid car market closures across Europe

An elderly woman with her electric fire on at home

Consumer groups welcome energy price freeze but warn bills ‘still sky high’

Royal Mail

Royal Mail denies talks over possible sale to private equity

Postal strike

Royal Mail workers stage fresh strike in pay and conditions row

Activists from Extinction Rebellion stage an anti-fracking protest outside the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in Westminster, London.

Fracking: what is it, why is it controversial and will it lower bills?

A ship

How will the Government’s energy bills help be paid for?

An online energy bill

What does the Energy Price Guarantee mean for me?

McColl’s takeover bid

Morrisons takeover of McColl’s will ‘not harm majority of shoppers’, says CMA

A gas hob

What is in Liz Truss’s emergency energy package, at a glance

A sewage outflow pipe at Seafield beach, Scotland

Environment Secretary gives water bosses 14 days to set out sewage dumping plans

Darktrace

Darktrace shares dive after private equity firm pulls out of bid talks

Lloyds of London prepares for £1.1 billion claims hit from Ukraine war

Lloyd’s of London puts aside £1.1bn for claims hit from Ukraine war