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Support package. every household is eligible for the £400 payment, which comes off energy bills. it starts in october with a discount of £66, rising to £67 a month from december to march next year. how you receive this money depends on how you pay your bill. if you pay by direct debit, youll see an automatic deduction. more than four million households use prepayment meters. if you have a so—called smart meter, youll also see an automatic top—up added to your account. but its a bit more c...

Emma simpson is here to explain. thanks, jane. this is a key part of the government�*s £15 billion support package. every household is eligible for the £400 payment, which comes off energy bills. it starts in october, with a discount of £66, rising to £67 a month from december to march next year. how you receive this money depends on how you pay your bill. if you pay by direct debit, you�*ll see an automatic deduction. more than four million households use prepayment meters. if you have ...

Soaring prices dont hit everyone equally. households with the lowest income spend three times as much of their budgets on energy as those with the most money. the government is going to pay at least £1200 to the poorest households this year to help them in particular with the rising cost of energy. that will undoubtedly be welcome, but ministers themselves acknowledge that many of these households will still continue to struggle, particularly in winter. mother of two steph was forced to have a ...

Who use prepayment meters — and they typically spend almost 50—pounds more a year than those who pay through other methods. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. how long have you gone without electricity? about four or five days. and no gas? no gas, no. if i could choose, i wouldnt have a prepayment meter. ive had to get food parcels before to pay my bills. topping up his meter key has become an increasingly frequent necessity for pete. £10 top—up, please. a tenner u...

In this desperately poor neighbourhood. almost two thirds of young south africans are unemployed and tensions are rising. were going to have to use force. one year ago, violent riots left whole towns in ruins. just last month, 21 partying teenagers died from suspected poisoning. and now, this. people are on edge now, are they? correctly so. they are on edge. they have reason to be. they think this could happen again? yes, everyone is worried. for now, a shocked community waits for answers. andre...

Homes in england, scotland and wales have a prepayment meter. and these customers are protected by a different energy price cap. but look at what happened last week when the cap was raised. while households with average usage on a default tariff — paying by direct debit — were told their bill would go up to about £1,971, those on prepayment meters were told their rise would be even higher, going up to £2,017. the regulators say this reflects the extra costs incurred with prepayment metres....

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Particularly in the rented sector. and you will potentially be putting a debt on a prepaid meter. possibly one person gets the benefit of the £200 subsidy, they then change tenancy and somebody else ends up picking up the bill for the a0 quid, and thats not fair. utilities figures show that more customers are running out of money in their accounts than ever before. charities helping the most vulnerable say they expect that will get worse when this latest price rise kicks in. if you are on month...

You will remember last week we talked about the price cap about the price cap going up and adding an extra £700 to the average default energy tariff bill. thats a lot. but not as much as those who use pre—payment meters. theyre often used in households which have slipped in to debt. because you pay in advance, by topping up with a card or token, its seen as a better way of managing budgets and stopping from falling behind. about a.5m homes in england, scotland and wales have a prepayment mete...