Households are facing another winter of high energy bills, and just months after British Gas agreed a £112m settlement over its treatment of customers, Ofgem is allowing the company to force-fit prepayment meters in people’s homes again.

"This is a historic moment in British politics. This is the start of something very, very different" 💬 Laura Parker responding to today's announcement of a National Commission on Electoral Reform on behalf of the campaign 🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab26

Households are heading into winter facing another surge in energy bills, with gas unit rates potentially doubling year-on-year from January. Today, we have submitted a seven-point Winter Rescue Plan to the Chancellor, calling for: [1/4]

It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy.

Tomorrow we’re delivering our MASSIVE sewage pollution scandal petition with @sascampaigns.bsky.social to the Government. It’s been signed by 340,133 members of the public demanding Andy Burnham finally turns the tide on this scandal.

📜 The amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform has been ruled out of scope 🙃 How absurd that the 'Representation of the People Bill' can't consider how people are represented! 💥 This was never about an amendment, but about a National Commission

“Burnham, a longtime advocate of electoral reform, will be asked to support the new commission into ditching First Past the Post in his first 100 days as Prime Minister. MPs have said the National Commission on Electoral Reform must report before the next election” #Labour4PR🌹

Labour MPs will push Burnham to back voting reform in first 100 days

Exclusive: Nearly 100 Labour MPs support commission on changing the system used for Westminster election

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“Andy Burnham is facing new pressure to act over electoral reform, with nearly 100 of his MPs backing a commission to decide on a route to replace the first-past-the-post voting system.” #Labour4PR 🌹 @theguardian.com @guardianpolitics.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Why do some Labour MPs want electoral reform and will it happen?

Despite the policy not being included in the party’s 2024 manifesto, Andy Burnham is under pressure to act

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The Renters’ Rights Act won’t work as intended if it’s not enforced properly. That's why 34 organisations signed our letter to @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social asking him to ensure the landlord database is transparent, effective, and timely. Read more 👇 rentersreformcoalition.co.uk/landlord-dat...

✍️ “So I think PR is more likely to happen than not… I recognise that it is hard to defend a system that gave Labour two-thirds of the seats in the Commons on one-third of the votes.” @rentouljohn.bsky.social @the-independent.com #Labour4PR 🌹 www.independent.co.uk/voices/andy-...

Andy Burnham wants to change the voting system – and it could well happen

A change to a proportional system is very possible after the next election – there ought to be a debate about which system it should be, writes John Rentoul

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The Energy Ombudsman accepted 46,532 complaints in the first half of 2026, up 16% on last year, with billing disputes accounting for almost six in ten cases. [1/3]

UK profits from a handful of energy firms have topped £6bn this year as gas bills are set to rise again on 26 Aug. Meanwhile energy bosses’ shareholdings are up £30m+ since the Iran conflict. War windfalls for the energy elite, higher bills for the rest. www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/war-windfall...

War windfalls for energy elite as bills set to rise further

UK profits posted by a handful of energy firms in 2026 exceed £6 billion as the Energy Rich List sees their wealth increase.

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"For perhaps the first time in postwar history, all the conditions for [electoral] reform are now in place." 💯 ✅ Majority public support ✅ Increasingly chaotic election results ✅ Growing support in Westminster ✅ A pro-PR Prime Minister This could be the moment that changes UK politics for good 👇

Electoral reform has never been closer

The three key ingredients are now in place

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Late to share (cos life) We need to talk more about fact UK still has a Benefit Cap, & one that causes real, lasting harm, while ascribing the thousands of families affected with a power they do not have. 📖 New article on @nuffieldfoundation.org funded research www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

An impossible move? Households’ experiences of trying to escape the UK’s benefit cap | Journal of Social Policy | Cambridge Core

An impossible move? Households’ experiences of trying to escape the UK’s benefit cap

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Single-parent families, Black families + disabled households are more likely to be in energy arrears, we can reveal today. University of York's analysis of the government's Family Resources Survey found that 14.3% of single-parent homes are in arrears – almost 3 times the national average. (1/3)

The advice sector is experiencing a “perfect storm”. Free and independent advice is a lifeline and a core part of making life’s essentials more affordable - but it's being stretched to breaking point. We’ve made a short video of what our members are seeing and what needs to change 👇 bit.ly/4fqnOsv

The State of the Advice Sector 2026 - AdviceUK Member Survey Report

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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🗣️Andy Burnham takes office as Prime Minister today with millions of households still paying an unaffordable share of their income on energy. [1/5]

Some advice for Andy Burnham? Crack down on ‘rip-off Britain’ – and make sure voters feel the benefits www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Some advice for Andy Burnham? Crack down on ‘rip-off Britain’ – and make sure voters feel the benefits | Jason Okundaye

Fining errant corporations is welcome – but when consumers are also getting shaken down on their local high street, it’s time for a new and boisterous approach, says Guardian Opinion assistant editor ...

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Hundreds of thousands are missing from the electoral register in Wales, with only 43% of 16–17-year-olds registered, compared to 95% of those over 65. buff.ly/JDgdxwc

Wales becomes the first UK nation to introduce Automatic Voter Registration

Last week, the Welsh Government laid new regulations to introduce Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) across all 22 Welsh local authorities ahead of the 2027 local elections. This marks a

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On my way, Clacton.

🗣️The people hit hardest by cold homes in winter are the same people being made unwell by hot homes in summer. 🔊 Listen to EFPC Spokesperson Simon Francis on LBC News this morning with Simon Conway

"If he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I wont stop him." <stop stop he's dead gif>

In one move, Farage has turned from a threat into a laughing stock inews.co.uk/opinion/one-...

In one move, Farage has turned from a threat into a laughing stock

His gambit will make him look sad, pitiful, pathetic, and about as far away from prime ministerial as it is possible to imagine

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Student loans were missold to millions of students barely aged 18 bit.ly/4p7wFDP MPs say. Budget freeze should be scrapped and CPI used as inflation measure to move towards a fairer sharing of costs of universities

Scrap freeze on student loan repayment threshold, government told

A cross-party committee of MPs said there was a ‘moral obligation’ to honour the promises made to graduates when they took out the loans

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Today one of Labour’s strongest supporters of Proportional Representation takes his place in Parliament. Welcome, Andy Burnham! Now let’s rewire Westminster together so that every voter is fairly heard. #Labour4PR 🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social

THEY ARE BASTARDS

GOOD MORNING. Andy Burnham has triumphed in Makerfield. Nigel Farage has been brutally humiliated. The sun is shining and the world is a beautiful place iandunt.substack.com/p/triumph-in...

Memo to pretty much (but obviously not quite) everybody in the media…

George Eaton@georgeeaton.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.

⏰ We’re laying bare the cost of years of failure to fix the energy debt crisis. ➡️ 1 in 3 people are in energy debt or worried that they soon will be. Many are making impossible decisions to make ends meet. 💰 Energy giants making billions from price shocks should help clear the debt mountain.

Reform’s plan to ban foreign nationals from social housing ‘racist and morally wrong’, Shelter says

Reform’s plan to ban foreign nationals from social housing ‘racist and morally wrong’, Shelter says

Homelessness charity Shelter has condemned plans that a Reform government would ban foreign nationals from being allocated social housing.

insidehousing.co.uk