🗣️Millions of households get £150 off energy bills this winter via the Warm Home Discount. If you're on means-tested benefits (Universal Credit, Pension Credit, Housing Benefit, income-related ESA), you must be named on your energy bill by 23rd August to get it automatically. [1/3]

In the time it takes to make a cup of tea, BP makes more profit in 3 months in the UK than the average worker takes home in a year. 🗣️After draining the North Sea, the price shock profiteers are banking billions, then heading for the exit. Video Clip [1/2]

💰️ It's profit season, and BP has just announced that it raked in £4.27 billion in profits between April and June – a 140% year on year profit increase, driven by rising prices during the Iran war. It's the most profit the oil company has made since the first year of Russia's war on Ukraine. (1/3)

Analysis of the government's Family Resources Survey 2024/25 has found that single-parent families, Black families and disabled households are more likely to be in energy arrears, the End Fuel Poverty Coalition can reveal today. [1/4]

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)

💰️ It's profit season! Drax, the controversial energy firm and owner of the UK's largest power station, has reported that it made £279 million in profits between January and June this year. That means that during the time it takes to run a fan for one night, Drax will make roughly £500,000. (1/3)

🗣️We’ve heard comments from the new PM @andyburnham.bsky.social and Cabinet Office minister @sallyjameson.bsky.social that new North Sea drilling could have an impact on energy bills. But gas from the North Sea doesn't get handed to British households at a discount. [1/4]

💰️ It's profit season 💰️ Oil + gas giant Shell has today announced adjusted earnings of $9.8 billion (£7.34 billion) between April and June. Shell makes more profit in 1 minute than most people earn in a year. In the time it takes you to boil pasta, Shell would bag an eye-popping £838,000. (2/2)

Rough earned Centrica around £57m in the first half of this year. The company still won't refill it without government backing, and won't seek to extend its licence beyond April 2027. Storage buffers shouldn't depend on whether it makes enough profit for one private company in a given year. [1/2]

💰️ It's profit season 💰️ 💡 Scottish Power owner Iberdrola made £1.6 billion in profits (EBITA) in the first half of 2026, largely thanks to its role in the UK energy networks. 👱‍♀️ That means in the time it would take you to dry or straighten your hair, Iberdrola would make around £180,000. (1/2)

🗣️Domestic heating oil prices have risen sharply in recent weeks, another reminder of how exposed off-gas grid homes are to volatile global markets In one example sent to the EFPC a consumer in Somerset paid 64.82 pence/litre on the 1st July, they are now being asked to pay 91.66 pence/litre [1/3]

🚨Wildfires in Scotland, England, Wales, France and Spain caused by extreme heat. 🏥 Over 2,700 heat deaths in England and Wales this year. 💷 Homes that people can’t afford to keep cool during heatwaves. #EndFuelPoverty #Wildfire [1/2]

🚨Centrica's group operating profit stands at £497 million for the first 6 months of 2026. 🟧Yet a three-year Ofgem investigation found British Gas broke the rules when it installed prepayment meters without customers' consent. [1/3]

💰️ It's profit season. 💰️ 📈 T️oday, Centrica announced operating profits of £497 million for the first six months of this year. 📱 That means that in the time it takes you to charge your phone for an hour, the energy giant will make a hefty £113,000.

📈Centrica has posted a further £497 million to its adjusted profits, taking the total made by British Gas and its successor company since privatisation in 1986 to more than £56 billion. #EndFuelPoverty #EnergyBills [1/5]

Wholesale gas and electricity prices have surged again since the US-Iran ceasefire collapsed on 9th July, wiping out any benefit from October's VAT cut for homes heated with gas before it's even introduced. [1/3]

Today the firm that owns over 172,000km of electricity wires and controls electricity networks parts of Scotland, north England and Wales posted £1.6 billion in UK profits. Yet millions of people get more in debt everyday due to the standing charges. www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/uk-energy-pr...

UK energy profits boost Spanish and Norwegian firms

Spanish firm Iberdrola has seen its profits boosted by its role in the UK energy networks.The owners of Scottish Power posted £1.6 billion in profits (EBITA) in the first six months of 2026, with £909

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💰️ It's profit season. 💰️ 📈 Today, Equinor, the largest supplier of gas to Britain, announced adjusted earnings before tax of £8.58 billion in Q2 of 2026. 🛀 That means that in the 20 minutes it would take you to run a bath, the Norwegian state-owned gas giant would rake in approx £1.3 million. (1/3)

Removing VAT from domestic electricity bills is a welcome first step and will reduce bills for many households, but the actual saving depends on how much electricity each home uses. It could also be wiped out by rising gas prices caused by renewed tension in the Middle East. #AndyBurnham [1/4]

A positive statement of intent, but savings will differ from depending on the amount of energy used. It will make energy affordable for around 500,000 households, but still leave 13 million spending more than 10% of their income on energy. More to do. www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/vat-to-be-sc...

VAT to be scrapped from electricity bills from 1 October

Andy Burnham has used his second day as Prime Minister to announce the removal of VAT from domestic electricity bills from 1 October, his first cost of living measure since taking office. The move is

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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]

🔴While the UK swelters through dangerous, climate-driven heat, reports say Andy Burnham could be backing more North Sea oil and gas. [1/3]

🗣️Trump says the US will "knock out all their power plants" and "all their bridges" in Iran next week unless there's a deal. Whatever happens next in that negotiation, UK households already know the ending. Wholesale gas is back to pre-ceasefire levels. [1/3]

🚨More than 2,700 people may have died from heat-related causes in England and Wales this May and June, the warmest June on record. [1/3]

🗣️ "If it's really cold, they make money. If it's really hot, they make money." Fossil fuel giants don't just make their profits from families turning their heating on in winter. They profit from the excess energy households use to try and cool their homes in summer, too. #EnergyBills #Heatwave

🗣️ "We're probably the warmest house on the block..." Almost half of UK adults in a tough financial situation have been left feeling unwell due to the heatwaves. As summers get hotter + energy bills get higher, effectively + affordably cooling down homes is becoming impossible for millions. (1/2)

🌇 "If I'm being honest, it's been a lot..." 15 million+ people in the UK have been unwell over the past month due to the heatwaves. The same people who struggle with cold homes in winter are dealing with poor ventilation in the summer. Many can't afford to run a fan or use air conditioning.

New polling from @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social shows over 15 million adults in the UK felt unwell during June's heatwave, including nearly half of people in financial difficulty. As the third 2026 heatwave set to breach 35 degrees hits the UK, our latest blog makes a conditioned case for more AC.

Making the case for AC, with conditions attached

Britain is living through the third heatwave of this year, with the temperatures set to top 35 degrees again this weekend. It’s tempting to picture that as sunhats, ice cream and sandy beaches, the…

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🚨 Ceasefire at risk 📈 Oil and gas prices spike ⬆️ Bills go up again Every lurch in fossil fuel prices lands in the same place, the bills of households who did nothing to cause it and can't escape it. [1/3]

🗣️ “Disabled lives are at risk because of constant failures to urgently address a changing climate. An urgent response to climate change must include accessible housing, affordable cooling and resilient support services" - Dan White, DR UK Policy and Campaigns Officer

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🗣️15.2 million people in the UK felt unwell because of the heat last month. For people already struggling financially, that risk was nearly double. Almost half of those in financial hardship were made ill by the heat, compared to just over a quarter of adults overall. [1/2]