![Chancellor John Healey has extended the VAT cut on household electricity bills to July, which he said takes £50 off the annual price cap. Standing charges will be removed from household gas bills from 2027, with reforms for electricity to follow, and 20 million households in council tax bands A to D will receive a £100 energy payment this winter under a £2.6bn scheme. The Budget contained no new support for home solar, heat pumps or batteries. Read the full report: [ARTICLE URL] What would make the biggest difference to your energy bills? #Budget2026 #EnergyBills #HomeEnergy](https://electrichome.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Healey_Finishing_Speech-800x445.jpg "Healey extends electricity VAT cut and scraps gas standing charges")
NEWS
Scotland’s first commercial wind farm becomes the UK’s first to be fully recycled and reused
ScottishPower’s Hagshaw Hill site in South Lanarkshire has become the first UK wind farm to be fully recycled and reused, a wind turbine recycling milestone the company hopes will help build a domestic industry as a gigawatt of its ageing turbines comes down over the next decade.
POWERING YOUR HOME
Miliband backs vast solar farms in push to expand renewable power
Ed Miliband has approved subsidies for solar farms covering up to 40 square miles of UK farmland, alongside new onshore wind projects, sparking a backlash over costs and land use.
HEATING YOUR HOME
Why Andy Burnham should act on the evidence outside the window and stick with net zero
Andy Burnham is under pressure to ditch net zero if he becomes PM. With a £100bn green economy and a million jobs at stake, here is the business case for staying the course.
INSIGHTS & OPINION
Renewable power in Northern Ireland ‘sliding backwards’ as generation falls for third year
Renewable electricity generation in Northern Ireland has declined for a third consecutive year, raising concerns about meeting the 2030 target of 80% clean power.
