Until Thursday, Feb 18th only, Scottish Power is offering £25 in cash-back for every fuel switched, to promote their new offer, Online Energy Saver 7.

British Gas is joining the round of recent price cuts by reducing gas prices by 7%.

Increasing competition among energy suppliers is finally bringing down gas and electricity prices, particularly for online energy deals.

Freezing winter conditions could be hurting your pocket too, raising average January bills by almost 50%.

Soaring profits at some of Britain's largest energy suppliers are provoking widespread criticism, as fuel bills remain high.

With a £50 price cut, smaller supplier Ovo Energy has stolen a march on its bigger rivals, reducing its cheapest tariff to £921 a year - offering consumers a saving of £326 against the average UK energy bill of £1,247.

The number of people seeking help with their energy fuel bills has already risen by 46%, according to the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB). Those in work, but on low incomes, appear to have been particularly hit hard by high gas and electricity prices.

Following past, substantial price increases, UK energy bills could rise by a further 60% by 2016, according to industry regulator OFGEM.

Competition between major UK energy suppliers is intensifying, with all of the big players seeking the top spot. As a result, consumers can reap significant savings on online energy tariffs. See the article for more details on how the UK's major energy suppliers' offers compare.

With energy bills rising by around 42% last year, many customers wisely switched to capped tariffs, to save them from the increase. However, as around a million households are now coming off their capped tariffs, they face rising energy costs, unless they act - quickly!

In a welcome move, both British Gas and E.ON have lowered their tariffs, now on SuperSwitcher!

Industry regulator OFGEM warned energy suppliers to respond to falling wholesale costs.

Despite moderate price cuts earlier this year, profits at British Gas rose by 80%, drawing widespread criticism

EDF launches a new online plan, offering savings of £35 compared to British Gas

Dundee East MP Stewart Hosie has accused major energy suppliers including British Gas, npower and E.ON of overcharging on energy savings insulation schemes

Energy regulator Ofgem is to fine the UK network subsidiary of French energy giant EDF a whopping £2 million for poor customer service

The first major energy supplier to do so this summer, E.ON has cut its gas prices by 3.3%, or about £25 a year.

Energy watchdog Consumer Focus has accused UK energy suppliers of overcharging customers a staggering £1.7 billion, by not fully passing on decreases in the wholesale cost of energy.

British Gas has cut its electricity prices by 10% - the last of the major suppliers to do so.

Energy supplier Npower is to cut electricity prices for UK householders by 8% at the end of March.

Martin Lewis, the UK's leading money saving expert, and advisor to millions on GMTV, Channel 5 and Radio 2 is tipping now as the best time to switch.

Scottish Power has become the latest energy supplier to announce cuts in bills, starting at the end of March.

EDF Energy is cutting some of its customer's electricity bills by an average of 8.8%.

E.ON has become the third of the 'big six' to announce a cut to its tariffs, following British Gas and Scottish & Southern.

Scottish and Southern follows British Gas price cut, effective March 30th.

British Gas have announced a 10% price cut on their standard gas tariff as of February 19th.