The UK's energy system has a fundamental flaw.
The government has approved new drilling at the Jackdaw gas field site in the North Sea in the hopes of bringing more gas supply on to the market. Meanwhile it says it will maintain a push to renewable energy. But the grid is not able to get this energy where it's needed.
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Donald Trump's war on Iran has pushed prices for oil and gas up across the world, creating economic hardship around the world.
Britain's fuel inflation is now running at almost 30% and if you have the misfortune of relying on heating oil, prices have gone up an astonishing 105%.
So what can be done to ease the strain and lower bills?
We've been looking at why the energy system is not working and what the government needs to be doing if it truly wants to give households breathing space.
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