Energy firms will be forced to offer the new tariffs under a proposed shake-up of bills by the regulator.
Blogs
Record court backlog as victims wait years for justice
In some cases, victims reporting serious crimes such as rape won’t see suspects tried for four years.
Starmer and Badenoch’s lunchtime sandwich split
The Conservative leader says sandwiches are “not real food” while the PM says they are a British institution.
Priest jailed for train sex attack on sleeping man
Father Daniel Doherty told witnesses he was ‘affirming’ the man on the train to Edinburgh Waverley.
Two held as baby hurt in suspected XL bully attack
A woman, 76, and a man, 18, have been arrested in connection with the attack near Folkestone.
Over 8,000 caught breaking 20mph limit on one road
There are hotspots for roads which have seen the most 20mph offences in Wales – where are they?
Bowel-cancer rates rising among younger people
Poor diet, obesity, alcohol and smoking may be among the risk factors involved, researchers say.
Woman says struck-off sex GP tried to ‘choke’ her
A woman says Thomas Plimmer became aggressive during sex and later sent her obscene photos.
‘My insurers say Storm Darragh was not a storm’
Dennis Iliffe’s insurers say the winds that damaged his home were 2mph too slow for them to pay out.
Stronger safeguards for home-schooling after Sara Sharif murder
It follows calls to change the law so children who are suspected to be victims of abuse cannot be home-schooled.