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What the Budget's energy help is worth to you

The £100 payment, the end of gas standing charges and the electricity VAT cut — worked out for your home, not the "typical" one.

Where do you live?

Council tax band

It's on your council tax bill, or look it up free at gov.uk/council-tax-bands.

Gas you use in a year (kWh)

Your annual statement or app shows it. Ofgem's "typical" home uses 9,500 kWh of gas a year.

Electricity you use in a year (kWh)

Change the unit-rate assumption

Gas unit-rate rise when standing charges go (p/kWh)

Ofgem hasn't set this yet. About 1p/kWh is the common working estimate; analyses range from roughly 0.9p to 1.2p.

What the Budget is worth to you

Over the next year, roughly

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A guide, not a promise. Uses the Ofgem price cap for October – December 2026 (GB average, direct debit) and the figures in the Budget documents of 28 October 2026. The standing-charge result is an estimate: Ofgem has not yet said how much the gas unit rate will rise, and the change isn't due until the end of 2027 at the earliest, when prices will be different. Your numbers never leave your browser. Read the full guide: what the Budget's energy help means for your bill.