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Requirement for landlords to meet stricter energy efficiency standards has been dropped

Tens of thousands of Britons have made a pledge to the Don’t Pay campaign. It’s a last resort, but we’ve no other choice

Officials admit they did not conduct equality assessment before launch of heat and buildings strategy

With 40% of us likely to fall into fuel poverty as price rises hit, what if those with the broadest shoulders took the load?

UK’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2018 equivalent to total output of Niger, data shows

Brexit poetry | Reporting abuse | Tom Watson’s resignation | Film ratings | GCSE marking | FrackingRhiannon Lucy Cosslett’s description of Brooke’s The Soldier as “snivelling ethnocentricity” (Brexit poetry offers...

With the arrival of energy optimisation technologies, governments and industry must find a way to deliver efficient energy to everyone

Award named after campaigner is backed by UTS and Guardian Australia and worth $3,000 to winner and $1,000 to runners-up

The city boasts the highest concentration of millionaires in Britain and an unemployment rate of just 2% but wage inequality and astronomical rents have heightened calls for change

I don't suppose any of the big six energy bosses has wrapped a toddler in a fleece, dressing gown and jumper of an eveningReports that recipients of food bank parcels are returning products that need to be heated up came...

Citizens Advice is on a mission to counter confused messages over energy tariffs and to help people save money on energy bills and avoid fuel povertyA slick shopping centre full of Armani, Prada and L'Occitane stores –...

The actor Julia Roberts on how reliance on solid cooking fuels makes preparing daily meals a dangerous activity for women worldwideOne of my favourite pastimes is making a meal with my family...

As the government's consultation on executive remuneration closes today (Boardrooms told to open up on top pay, 22 November), ordinary workers are still reeling from the news that while their pay stagnates, FTSE 100 directors...

Fuel Poverty Action Group campaigns outside EDF Energy headquarters to highlight awareness of the 25,700 excess winter deaths in the UK in 2010-11Pensioner Linda Powell is sat shivering on a London street, her teeth chattering...

• Chris Huhne rubbishes predictions of £500-a-year average rise• Campaigners say proposals will plunge more families into fuel povertyThe government will reignite the row over soaring energy bills on Tuesday when it...