Cost of living

How much could you be paid to use less energy?

A scheme to reward people for cutting back on electricity use is running for a second day.

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Who will get £900 to help with energy bills?
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9 January
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10 January
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Your stories

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'We should earn £10 by turning everything off'
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The town pulling together to plug the gaps
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Going sober in your 20s to ease the cost of living
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16 January

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Teachers' strikes: Can I get time off work? And other questions, published at 16:37 26 January
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Pony centre to shut due to cost of living, published at 15:38 26 January
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Devon
Council to spend £1.35m on solar farm, published at 14:47 26 January
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Manchester
Council house tenants to face rent and bill hike, published at 07:38 26 January
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Leicester
Cash bonuses behind record number of bank switches, published at 00:03 26 January
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Jersey faces biggest rise in costs in four decades, published at 16:27 25 January
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Premium Bond prize rate set to hit 14-year high, published at 13:47 25 January
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Town's battle over budget supermarket decided, published at 13:26 25 January
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Parents buying more toys and games for themselves, published at 11:45 25 January
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First striking UK Amazon staff say toilet breaks timed, published at 11:03 25 January
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Paramedics warn cold homes are making people ill, published at 06:49 25 January
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Scotland
School on the frontline of the cost-of-living crisis, published at 06:06 25 January
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Lancashire
Woman struggling with bills uses cat to keep warm, published at 05:56 25 January
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Wales
When are the next university strikes?, published at 17:27 24 January
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'We should earn £10 by turning everything off', published at 16:58 24 January
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Aerobatics team to disband due to cost of living, published at 11:10 24 January
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Northampton
One in three children in North living in poverty, published at 10:52 24 January
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England
How does government borrowing work?, published at 09:50 24 January
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How much could you be paid to use less energy?, published at 09:00 24 January
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City's nurseries struggling amid rising costs, published at 08:02 24 January
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Rising living costs 'pushing people off Guernsey', published at 06:13 24 January
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Child hypothermia cases in hospital - health chief, published at 20:39 23 January
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Cold snap triggers freezing weather payment, published at 16:50 23 January
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