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Typical gas and electricity bills will rise slightly in October when a new energy price cap begins.
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  2. The Chancellor Rachel Reeves standing in Downing Street in October 2024 with the ministerial red box containing her first Budget speech.

  3. A bride pictured from the neck down. She is wearing a white wedding dress and holding a bouquet of white and pink roses. She has a French manicure and is wearing an engagement ring on her left hand and a wedding band on her right hand

  4. Someone carries a green crate filled with cans of tomatoes. Another crate and a clear plastic container has other items in it.

  5. A black painted building has white printing on it saying the name of the store - Butterwick - and items it sells including cakes, shakes, cookies, coffee and doughnuts. There are cars parked in front and on the road to the side and other shops and buildings can be seen in the background

  6. A man and a woman next to each other looking at the camera. The man on the left is wearing a black suit jacket and black shirt, unbuttoned at the top. He has dark skin and black hair, and is smiling with his teeth. The woman on the right is also smiling, and has short brown hair cut to a bob hairstyle. She is wearing a white top. They are both visible from the chest upwards. They are standing inside in a café/social area.

  7. A blue and white building. A Guernsey Electricity sign is displayed above the entrance to the building.

  8. Elk Hargreaves stands in a charity shop, with racks and racks of clothes behind her. She has long dark hair in a ponytail over the shoulder and is smiling.

  9. Rachel Edmonds wears a bright pink T-shirt and Alice band and black trousers and stands next to a bright pink butcher's van, showing her company details and images of animals. She has her hand on the top of the van and she is smiling. A logo on the van reads "the pink lady".

  10. A girl in a white top smiling at the camera

  11. Two gas black stoves with two blue flames.

  12. Alison Durrant smiles at the camera, while holding a plate of cake slices in each hand. She is wearing a green jumper, turquoise necklace and glasses. She is standing in front of a hatch through to a kitchen, which has teacups lined up on the counter

  13. A branded image showing a person holding a selection of UK coins overlaid with white and red arrows.

  14. Stylised image of a tower block of flats with red and white arrows superimposed on top

  15. Young woman with dark hair in supermarket wearing beige and white striped shirt looking at receipt behind shopping trolley

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  17. Eshe Powell in a field with long grass around her, holding a camera. She is wearing a white T-shirt and jeans. She has one arm held out. She has long hair with a headscarf on her head.

  18. An older woman wearing a thick cream cardigan sits on a bed holding her hands over an electric radiator.

  19. Older couple look at paperwork with a laptop in front of them.

  20. Sam Elliott has blonde-brown hair tied back in a ponytail. She is wearing a green t-shirt green apron and green glasses and smiling. She's standing in front of a cafe window. Menu items and prices are displayed on the window in colourful writing.

  21. A man and a woman review paperwork at a kitchen table.

  22. An older woman smiles as she looks out of a bus window. She has short grey hair and is wearing a green scarf.

  23. A close up of a light grey rabbit with tanned coloured markings.

  24. Two young women taking selfies in a vintage clothes store