Paul Kelso
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Energy bill support to be extended as price rise looms
The planned reduction in energy price guarantee is set to be cancelled, Sky News understands. → Read More
Energy suppliers asked to prepare for govt support with bills to continue
The deadline to inform customers of impending price changes is this weekend. Bills are scheduled to rise in April when current government support schemes are due to be reduced or come to an end. But Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to keep costs low at this month's budget. → Read More
Jeremy Hunt offers hope on pay settlements but rules out feeding inflation
Jeremy Hunt tells Sky News that to loosen the purse strings significantly would exacerbate the inflation problem and keep interest rates higher for longer. → Read More
British Gas staff feel pressured to force installation of prepayment energy meters on customers in debt, says whistleblower
A whistleblower told Sky News he had seen an increase in vulnerable customers who he believes were simply unable to meet higher energy costs. → Read More
Why the problem of prepayment meters won't go away for vulnerable energy customers
There's an argument that anyone who runs up unsustainable debts heating their home can be defined as vulnerable and at risk of poverty. And they don't deserve the forced installation of a dehumanising bureaucratic device. But there are no easy solutions, Paul Kelso says. → Read More
Ofgem tells suppliers to suspend forced installation of prepayment meters, Sky News understands
The move comes as an investigation revealed debt collectors working for British Gas forced their way into the homes of vulnerable customers. → Read More
EDF suspends forced installation of prepayment meters after British Gas controversy
Britain's second-largest energy supplier is reviewing its processes for those who fall into debt after a report alleged a company used by British Gas had broken into homes to fit the devices. → Read More
Strikes on course to expand and escalate this year without compromises
Sky's Paul Kelso spends the day talking to key figures behind many of the public sector disputes and finds a resolve to raise the stakes because of a lack of government engagement. → Read More
Virtual hospital wards no substitute for real people, says patient waiting for hip operation
"You could feel the pressure to get people out of the hospital," says Carlo, who was recently admitted after having a fall. "I totally understand the crisis but it's a crisis we could have planned for. And we didn't plan for it." → Read More
Chancellor's 'Britain needs you' plea to the retired is a tall order for them and business
Sky's Paul Kelso writes that employers are likely to have been left disappointed by Mr Hunt's approach to their priorities and with little doubt that their pleas for more overseas labour will go unanswered. → Read More
Cost of living: Social energy tariff needed for families that can't pay bills even with government help, Ofgem says
Ofgem chief executive Jonathan Brearley said the tariff would have to be subsidised during periods of high energy prices, and otherwise paid for with "funds raised in a progressive way". → Read More
Cost of living: Shoppers curbed Christmas spending in blow to struggling retailers
Sales performed worse than expected falling by 1% in December, the second month of decline, and is further evidence of the pressure the cost-of-living crisis is putting on households, as continuing high inflation fuels prices. → Read More
Lloyds Pharmacy to close all Sainsbury's branches putting 2,000 jobs at risk
The move comes in response to charging market conditions, the company said. → Read More
Inflation: The worst is not yet over for consumers
While there are no signs of a 'wage-price spiral' core services inflation is still rising, signaling that higher private sector wages are beginning to stick despite the highest of inflation being behind us. → Read More
Data reveals jobs market tipping point that will worry ministers as much as employers
It may be too early to tell whether the labour market has turned just because the employment rate has risen - there's still one vacancy for every person unemployed, Paul Kelso writes. → Read More
'Spiteful' strike law undermines efforts to resolve public sector disputes, union chief warns
Paul Nowak of the TUC hits out at the government's handling of the wave of industrial action, telling Sky News only the chancellor can solve the disputes by digging deep. → Read More
Evidence suggests government seeking conflict over rail strike
It is unclear whether ministers' refusal to attend a meeting with union chiefs this week is a final flexing of muscle before the serious business of negotiation - or the start of a new phase in a protracted dispute. → Read More
Train strikes: Why the numbers don't add up to a rail deal
The rail dispute solution may come down to who has a higher pain threshold: the pay-sacrificing workers or the compensation-paying Treasury. → Read More
A glitch and new red tape leave UK exporters facing EU border disruption
One of the issues is said, by HMRC, to have been fixed but the other is threatening to pile French red tape on exporters of certain goods. → Read More
Energy support for business to be cut but no decision yet on how much
Jeremy Hunt held talks with business leaders on the issue today and there is frustration over a lack of detail that had expected to have been decided before Christmas. → Read More