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energy projects that earn subsidies on top of the market price will be asked to sign up to contracts that pay a set price for electricity as part of the government’s plan to “delink
impacts of the Iran war, which has driven up gas prices. Although the UK’s increasing use of cheaper renewable energy should bring prices down, the current structure of the market allows gas generators
impact of energy costs as a "national act of self-harm", warning that UK industry is "standing on the edge of a cliff" and calling for an urgent independent review of the country's approach
plan expanded More businesses have been promised help with their energy bills from April next year, after the government announced it was expanding a support scheme first outlined in 2025. Around 10,000 energy-intensive
UK’s gas market price to double earlier this year, [according to market experts](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/may/19/energy-bills-rise-july-gas-electricity-prices-cap-great-britain-iran-war) at the consultancy Cornwall Insight. They warned that the quarterly price cap is likely to remain above
impact of the Iran war hit UK bills for the first time. On Wednesday, regulator Ofgem will publish details of its new price cap affecting millions of homes on variable tariffs in England, Scotland
plans for new datacentres to tackle “community frustration”. The Guardian this week [reported](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/09/google-developers-significantly-misstate-carbon-emissions-of-proposed-uk-datacentres) that developers working for [Google](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/google) significantly misstated how much carbon two proposed AI datacentres would contribute
impact of the Iran crisis. “That would reduce the exposure from judicial review on all but human rights grounds,” the Treasury said. It comes as pressure grows on the government to accelerate its energy infrastructure
plan. Delegates say this new meeting in Colombia is not to replace the COP, but to complement it. This frustration with COPs is also being sharpened by the science, which suggests the chance to keep
plan to cut VAT on public EV charging to 5% Government officials considered cutting the VAT charged on electricity used at public EV chargers from 20% to 5% at the last budget, but the Treasury
price of electricity, as gas-fired power stations are often the bit of energy that helps supply meet demand. Plans to weaken that link are in the bill, along with measures to speed
price rises that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Households across the world are [spiralling into debt](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/30/rising-costs-forcing-3m-uk-households-skip-meals-which-report), farmers [cannot afford fertiliser](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/23/fertiliser-short-supply-australia-farmers-bread-prices-strait-of-hormuz) and governments are remembering that a dependency
planning reform](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/05/ministers-significant-changes-uk-planning-system), [cutting affordable housing targets](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/23/ministers-confirm-plans-to-reduce-londons-affordable-housing-quotas) and [accessibility requirements](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/19/disabled-people-in-england-betrayed-by-cuts-to-new-build-accessibility-targets) in the name of a “Build Baby Build” philosophy, many in the sector think reaching