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Is a big issue for people who do not use much gas and electricity because they are paying a charge and you can't do anything about it. you cannot cut your energy use and cut your standing charge. it's not possible. they have been going up. 0fgem, 0fgem will challenge this morning on the standing charges, which is really importantly, vary depending on where you live as well. there are areas like merseyside and north wales where it's more expensive than other areas. that's a historical thing to do with getting energy to these areas. 0fgem are saying they have looked at trying to shift some of th...

Little difference. some of your text and thank you for getting in touch. this listener is saying what is really unfair is the massive cost people put on those who chose not to pay on a direct debit but as a pay basis. i choose to pay what i use and don't let the company hold my money because i can't afford them to take huge amounts by direct debit. they penalised people like me by giving me the highest standing charge per day. that is from becky. graham in the isle of wight. hello to you, graham, thanks for getting in contact. the last water bill was received for the last six months. i got cha...

All the standing charge on the meters all went up across the board. i don't think there was any need for that to go up. the regulator says that despite the increase in those charges in the different prices across britain, it is still fair. we have looked in the past at moving those standing charges into the price per unit. but the problem we have is that you create really big winners but also really big losers. so if you are a poor family that has high energy needs, for example someone who is elderly that needs the heating on sort of 24 hours a day, or families with disabled children, if we we...

Their electric and gas. and today's small drop in energy prices isn't going to change that, so plenty of people have been taking things into their own hands to try and get ahead. thomas and jenny from liverpool are on a prepayment meter and spent £800 on insulation this year to try and cut their bills. we are planning ahead, or trying to. but with the mortgage and the cost of living going up, it's going to be sort of quite tight for us. because we are not getting that extra government support this year, that £66 in monthly payments, despite this small drop in price, what we are all paying ou...

Price jumping all over the place they started doing it every three months instead. from october, it will come down to £1923 a year. that saves the typical bill payer about £150 a year. not much on your monthly bill, but it is a milestone. it is the first time since april last year that it has come down below that £2000 mark. in terms of your bill, it is made up of two parts. the standing charge, what the supplier charges you just to hook everything up. that will go up with inflation, but this is the average amount people use, the unit price. it affects 29 million households across england, ...