Brits to be told how to save energy

Have showers not baths, turn down radiators and lower boiler temperatures, the government will advise

A radiator is turned down
Energy saving measures could save the British public over £400 a year, says the government
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The government is preparing to launch a celebrity-studded £25m public information campaign on action people can take to save on domestic energy bills.

According to The Times, government officials have identified eight energy-saving changes that will save the public “up to £420 a year with no loss of comfort” and help with the cost-of-living crisis.

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 Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half before taking up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications. She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism.