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Handy power points

We are all facing a significant increase in electricity charges at the moment.

I’ve just signed a new 12-month fixed-rate contract that means my costs will increase by about 40 per cent. Such is the state of affairs that I’m congratulating myself it won’t be more.

You can blame all this on Russian gas supplies, or on changes in the way we generate electricity, or on Greta Thunberg, but I can’t

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