Energy firms should give cash to people losing winter fuel payment - Greg Jackson vowed to fill ‘grey area’ of vulnerable customers losing support, while also calling for sweeping energy market reform.

Campaigners are pushing for more support after universal winter fuel payments are cut, with Octopus Energy’s CEO Greg Jackson urging firms to assist those most impacted by the changes

The scheme sees £150 knocked off gas and electricity bills at one time only between October and March. Pensioners who qualify get the discount automatically but in previous years other households have had to complete and application form.

A convenient way of dealing with damp winter laundry can lead to wasted energy and higher costs, experts have warned

Greg Jackson, who founded Octopus in 2016, said firms should 'be helpful' to the new government - as Keir Starmer faces intense anger over the cut for millions of pensioners

They tend to cost around £60 and Octopus research shows the typical home could save £300 by using an electric blanket to keep warm rather than always heating the whole house.

The scheme allows families to save on their energy bills and to sell any excess electricity they generate back to the grid through Octopus

Ovo Energy and Octopus have announced they will help to pay customers' energy bills with multi-million pound support schemes after the government changed the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment.

Octopus Energy has announced it is extending its £30 million Octopus Assist fund to provide grants of £50, £100 and £200 to customers who are no longer eligible for the WFP, b

The boss of Octopus Energy has said energy suppliers should “be helpful” to the Government and give extra support to elderly people losing their winter fuel payments. Greg Jackson, who founded Octopus in 2016,