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The government has appeared to back-track from plans that energy firms will be impelled to give all customers the lowest tariff. However, a minister said the details had still to be worked out.

A new scheme called Greener Homes Innovation will encourage more fuel-efficient housing.

An MP said it was unacceptable that 20,400 householders in his constituency live in under-heated homes. Dan Jarvis confirmed that he would be raising the issue in parliament.

A housing association was so concerned about the high fuel bills residents have been recently facing that it paid more than £45,000 to help them.

Another energy supplier, npower, has announced it will be increasing gas and electricity prices next month.

“Serious doubts” have been raised over the Energy Bill according to a new parliamentary report.

Energy supplier SSE’s gas and electricity prices will go up by 9 per cent on October 15.

The Olympics has fired a starting pistol for energy efficiency.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a review into UK fuel prices.

The Government is setting up a £12m pot to help cities promote the energy efficiency scheme called the Green Deal.

Energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey says energy reforms have not been made unnecessary by the unearthing of European shale gas deposits.

Renewable industry campaign group Our Solar Future called on the government to abandon its plans for additional cuts to feed in tariff (FIT) subsidies.