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Meteorologists and energy market experts predict a grim season for hard-pressed and vulnerable families

Analysis: Closure of huge storage plant, misplaced optimism in fracking and demise of North Sea gas have all played a part

A cold winter, a windless summer, and boom in business have combined to create an energy crisis that is hitting particularly hard in the UK. The Guardian’s energy correspondent Jillian Ambrose explains how it happened –...

Sir Keir Starmer suggests trade unions that support Labour have not yet backed his plans to change the party’s leadership election rules

Jonathan Van-Tam tells education committee Delta variant is 60% more infectious than Alpha variant circulating at the start of the year

Readers respond to the rapidly rising costs of gas and the search for alternative fuels

Analysts predict a further 14% jump for spring 2022 on top of next month’s scheduled £139 rise

This live blog is now closed. You can find our latest story here: No 10 dismisses ‘winter of discontent’ warnings amid energy crisis talks

Latest updates: Kwasi Kwarteng makes Commons statement after talks with energy companies and watchdog

Officials look at emergency funding to help large energy firms rescue customers of suppliers that have gone bust

Record rise in prices threatens to force energy supplier Green to fold unless government throws it a lifeline

Coal plants being warmed up as market prices surge to £2,500 per MWh from a norm of £40

With wholesale energy prices soaring, millions of householders will face bigger bills next month. But there are ways to save

PfP and MoneyPlus cease trading as power prices reach record highs, leaving 100,000 customers without a supplier

Pfp and MoneyPlus cease trading as power prices reach record highs, leaving 100,000 customers without a supplier