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The Pipe Costs More Than the Gas
£1.52 of gas, £10.12 for the pipe it came through — and across a full year, winter included, the pipe still wins.
Personal Finance
Gas vs Electricity: A Year, and Six Weeks Away
Electricity and gas behave nothing like each other over a year — one flat, one seasonal. And six weeks away turned the flat into an accidental experiment in what's heating and what's always-on.
What the Electricity VAT Cut Would Have Saved Me
The government's taking VAT off electricity for six months. Measured against my actual bills, it would have saved me about £12 — a number with a story behind it.