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Chancellor to scrap standing charges on household gas bills for around 23 million homes
The government announced on 28 October 2026 that standing charges on household gas bills, £108 a year for a typical household, will be removed for around 23 million homes. The Chancellor will ask Ofgem to deliver the change in 2027 or as soon as possible after, with the fixed costs added to the price per unit of gas instead. HM Treasury estimates 60% of account-holding households could save an average of £45 a year.
Our readOfgem will have to make the change work, and the government has yet to set out the targeted support it says a small number of households will need.
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