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- What is R-Value, U-Value and how do they relate to insulation? Wed, 3 May 17, 10:09amHow the R-value of a buildings insulation or home is calculated and the factors that effect the final R value, and how to use it.
- The energy crisis no one saw coming – podcast 12 hours agoA 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 –...
- UK politics: Starmer says talks with unions will continue on his plans for Labour reform – as it happened 21 hours agoSir Keir Starmer suggests trade unions that support Labour have not yet backed his plans to change the party’s leadership election rules
- UK Covid live: Delta variant made it ‘inevitable’ schoolchildren would be infected, Whitty and Van-Tam tell MPs 23 hours agoJonathan Van-Tam tells education committee Delta variant is 60% more infectious than Alpha variant circulating at the start of the year
- Dominic Raab and Angela Rayner clash over energy crisis and cost of living at deputy PMQs – UK politics live one day agoLive updates: deputy PM stands in for Boris Johnson to take questions in House of Commons
- 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
- UK energy firms could get state-backed loans to take on customers Mon, 20 Sep 21, 10:49pmOfficials look at emergency funding to help large energy firms rescue customers of suppliers that have gone bust
- ‘I don’t think we’ll survive the winter’: a small energy supplier’s call for help Mon, 20 Sep 21, 1:19amRecord rise in prices threatens to force energy supplier Green to fold unless government throws it a lifeline
- As heating bills go up, put your energy into keeping costs down Sun, 12 Sep 21, 3:26pmWith wholesale energy prices soaring, millions of householders will face bigger bills next month. But there are ways to save
- Two UK energy suppliers collapse amid record surge in prices Wed, 8 Sep 21, 9:45pmPfP and MoneyPlus cease trading as power prices reach record highs, leaving 100,000 customers without a supplier
- Two UK energy suppliers succumb to record surge in prices Wed, 8 Sep 21, 9:45pmPfp and MoneyPlus cease trading as power prices reach record highs, leaving 100,000 customers without a supplier
- At home with a heat pump: ‘It makes hot water when it’s freezing outside’ Sun, 15 Aug 21, 1:00amFour householders with recently installed air source heat pumps discuss the ups and downs of ownership
- Mining holds the key to a green future – no wonder human rights activists are worried Sun, 27 Jun 21, 10:03pmRenewable energy will rely heavily on an industry already berated for human rights violations